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Veteran recalls World War II service and Manila push
Longshore recalls joining in 1944 after a four month training stint at Camp Wheeler. He describes the Leyte Luzon drive toward Manila under Gen Chase’s flying force and deadly close combat with Japanese holdouts. He notes views on atomic bombs and wartime occupation in Japan before returning home in 1946.
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Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Longshore
Pacific
Leyte
Luzon
Manila
MacArthur
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Jonathan Wainwright
Arthur Percival
Wainwright
Percival
Missouri
1St Calvary
William Chase
Chase
Santo Tomas University
Truman
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Europe
Ft. Ord
Calif
New Guinea
Japan
Gen
Emperor Hirohito
Tokyo
Newberry
Ruth
Aiken