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Lt. Eddie Albert, the filmactor, who participated in the conquest of Tarawa, tells of the marine sharpshooter who was picking off snipers. “How’d you like to be going backt” Albert asked him. The marine looked through his telescope sight, fired, watched a sniper drop, and . answered: “No. Pd rather stay here.” “Been away long?” Albert continued. The marine again sighted his gun, dropped a sniper, and replied: “Cornin’ on two years, sir. -II guess you’re cured-of homesickness,” said Albert; “Yup,” said the sharpshooter, studying the palm trees, finding his target with the telescope sight, and 'dropping anothersniper—“Yup:—But-;-; .weil,” he said, aiming, firing and killing another sniper, “mdbbo I'd like to be back home in Louisville right now. You see# air, and the mariner-aiming, firing, killing, “it’s the squirrel*huntin* season.”
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Endicott Daily Bulletin
Endicott, New York, US
Wed, Mar 01, 1944
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