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11th Airborne Division – June 1944 – Lt. Gen. G.C. Kenney by Pacificparatrooper

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11th Airborne Division – June 1944 – Lt. Gen. G.C. Kenney

Smitty always made mention of how hard the soldiers before him had to struggle. He noticed that no matter how hard people or nature tried to disguise their surroundings, the scars of war were everywhere. In New Guinea, my father had a clear view of the battle remnants of General Robert Eichelberger’s Australian and American troops from when they fought on a similar terrain and …

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