To: wideawake
"He served in the Merchant marine in 1944 at the age of 14 and saw no combat in WWII."
A minor point - but I thought I read in "About Face" that he came under some sort of indirect fire when he was on shore during a Merchant marine mission in the Pacific.
166 posted on
05/05/2005 12:21:04 PM PDT by
Airborne1986
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To: Airborne1986
I thought I read in "About Face" that he came under some sort of indirect fire when he was on shore during a Merchant marine mission in the Pacific.My source says that he served in the Adriatic.
168 posted on
05/05/2005 12:22:54 PM PDT by
wideawake
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