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Willie Lyles One Man in Eleven Thousand on Repose
The hospital ship Repose in Long Beach Naval Shipyard treats Willie Lyles a private first class from Tutwiler Mississippi as a symbol of American courage. Wounded in Korea he endured 32 days of major surgery and blood transfusions before dying on July 31.
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Heart
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Willie
Pusan
Korea
Repose
Oval B. Lyles
Tutwiler
Erin
Maurice C. Bullock
Louisville
Bullock
Eighth Army
U. N
Fusan