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Leyte Valley Frontlines Reveal GIs Face Japs Directly
In Leyte Valley the 96th Division soldiers reveal combat as they expected less chaos but similar fear. They describe enemy fanatics, improvised use of American gear by Japanese troops, close sniping, and a casualty as a doctor works to save a wounded man.
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Leyte Valley
Philippines
Leyte
96Th
Cpl
Hampton E. Honaker
Phoenix
Ariz
Richard Boeck
Des Plaines
Beeck
RCA
Remington Rand
Pfc. Oren Anderson
Decorah
Iowa
Paul Cropper
Hoopeston
Ill
Tabontabon
Manila
Palau
Honaker
Cropper
Hiabanban
Doc
Pvt
Luther Kinsey
Bataan
Kinsey
382D
Pfc
Lewis Traugott
Versailles
Traugott
Clarence Schulz
New Orleans
Paul Vanneste
Company A
Thomas H. Goodwin
Mulberry
Ark
Bougainville
T/Sgt
Theodore R. White
Fort Morgan
Colo
96Th Infantry Division