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Yes, I served ! During WWII, 40 months in the Pacific. HQ Btry 167 FA Bn 41st Inf Div.
We were chosen to be reinforcements for the Phillipine Is. Our 1st ship was there when P. H. was attack. They were sent back, immediately ! We then defended the N. W. coast against attack. Next arrived in Australia as the 1st. American Infantry Division. We were with The Aussie, "Home Guard" & Aussie's in Pt. Morsby plus Naval & air Force, the only defensive forces at that time.
After training, receiving more people, & supplies, took active action in New Guinea at Buna/Guna to recover lost territory, occupied by The Japanese. This action, started the breaking of enemy occupation, by landing to secure airstrips, from the enemy. Our Division & others took all of N. G. finally ending at Biak Island.
Then landings in The Phillipine Islands accomplished the same result, till the formation of a HUGE Task Force to invade Japan, which I flew over leaving The P. I.'s. Having all that time overseas, I left The Pacific, & was separated from service, some weeks before The Atomic Bomb was dropped.
Some of my comrades, never came back, so I salute them prayerfully, & those who also served, our country.
Richard W. Kemp Sun City, AZ

Dear Richard W. Kemp, Thank YOU for your service, and for the service and sacrifice of your comrades, in the cause of FREEDOM.

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I would like to salute my relatives who have served, bled, or died in the service of this land: grt grt grt grandfather John W. Barton, 3rd Alabama Infantry (Reserve) CSA; grt grt grandfathers John Joseph Barton, 5th Alabama Infantry, twice WIA; J. L. Brooks, 27th Georgia Infantry, CSA; S. C. Cowan, 2nd Regiment Cavalry, Texas State Troops, CSA; Joseph Ralph (Mate) Conroy, Sr, 7th Illinois Infantry and 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment, US Army; Joseph Ralph Conroy, Jr, 142nd Infantry regiment, 36th Division; B. Cowan, USMC, KIA on Iwo Jima; M. R. Conroy, 3rd Marine Division, WIA twice in Nam; Timothy Alan Conroy, USS Coral Sea, Viet Nam; Kelly Joe Conroy, USS Dealey/Waldron/Meredith; all my fellow Geronimo's from A 1/501 Infantry, 101 Airborne Division in 1969, and my fellow shipmates from USS Coral Sea, Viet Nam, 1965-67. Some of you were the very best, some were the very worse, but you all shone for a while while you went forth and did your duty. Thanks, JC.
Johnny Conroy

Dear Johnny, Thank you for the service of your relatives and friends, and thank YOU for your service, in the cause of FREEDOM.

"The Era of Osama lasted about an hour, from the time the first plane hit the tower to the moment the General Militia of Flight 93 reported for duty."
Toward FREEDOM