Posted by Andy Martin on November 26, 2015 at 18:55:01 from (209.213.149.120):
In Reply to: Tarawa 1943 posted by LAA on November 26, 2015 at 16:24:54:
My father in law was on Corregidor, survived the death march across Luzon (he said only the farm boys made it), cattle ship to Japan, four years in POW camp, and I cannot fathom what he went through. He addressed it through alcohol and as far as I'm concerned he earned the right to live as he liked. He's been gone thirty years but I cannot read any account of war survival without thinking of his sacrifice. By the way, when he enlisted in the Coast Guard, they offered to send him to Puerto Rico or the Philippines. He said he and his buddy should have paid more attention to geography in school, they told the recruiter "We don't know where the Philippines are but Puerto Rico is hot". His buddy made it back too, tough guys to the end.
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