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  • FReeper Help Needed - Looking for WWII images of General Chase in Manila or original Great Raid pics

    06/21/2010 5:42:06 PM PDT · by mnehring · 14 replies · 1+ views
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    Good evening fellow FReeps. I am doing a little history research and Google/Bing is not working out well. My grandmother, parents and I have been digging through some of my late grandfather's old commendation records and have learned some very interesting things about his history in WWII. He never would talk about it, but apparently he was part of the group that was depicted in the movie "The Great Raid" and was the second person to enter the recently liberated Manila right behind General Chase. He was the squad leader of the fifth Cav division. We never knew much about...