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To: xrmusn

Surprised in April 42 they didn’t kill him outright. This citation always gets to me.


43 posted on 02/26/2014 9:36:38 PM PST by xone
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To: xone

Surprised in April 42 they didn’t kill him outright. This citation always gets to me.
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AFTER killing 10 or 20 more just to give other people the ‘right’ message....

Kudoos to the CDR, that citation looks like it came from a script writers pad and also amazing that anyone that was a POW in early 42 was still alive to tell the story...

That is the type Man ADM Nimitz was referring to —
“Uncommon valor was a common virtue,” 1st MARDIV...


44 posted on 02/26/2014 9:47:53 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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