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Originally Posted by finnbow
My pop was a medic in New Guinea. He refrained completely from tales of combat. However, he would often speak of the Japanese who, after the serious fighting was over, would come down out of the jungle/caves at night and sneak into the mess hall to steal food.
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Whoa, New Guinea was a shit hole. I don't blame your pop for not talking about it. Mine didn't either.
He went to USC after the war on the GI Bill and became a Methodist minister in Watts, LA. Recruited by Kappa Alpha Psi and was a member of SNCC.