Smitty’s Letter XVI “Guard Duty” by PacificParatrooper
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December 1944 Leyte by PacificParatrooper
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Playing cards made history by G. P. Cox (Pacificparatrooper)
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The Showers by G.P. Cox – The experiences of Everett Smith, as a soldier in Asia
Read another fun story, from Everett Smith’s wartime experience.
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Letter XIII Latrines by Pacific Paratrooper (G.P. Cox)
Letter XIII Latrines Aug 30 Posted by GP Back in the states, people were still dancing to the tunes of The Dorsey Brothers, Count Basie and Artie Shaw. They listened to the songs of Doris Day, the Andrew Sisters, Lena Horne and Rosemary Clooney. But, some others weren’t so lucky, in the army there was always […]
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WACs in New Guinea + current news by Pacific Paratrooper
WACs in New Guinea + current news Aug 23 Posted by GP WACs in New Guinea, 1944 In June 1944, about the same time that Smitty landed in New Guinea, Gen. Kenney of the 5th Air Force started building up a WAC detachment in Australia. He had nearly 200 women in the HQ doing the secretarial […]
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Letter IX – “A Day’s Venture” by Pacificparatrooper
At this point in time, the jungle war training had live firing and everything was becoming a bit clearer, a bit more realistic. Major Burgess left the units temporarily to set up a jump school. This would give the glidermen and Burgess himself an opportunity to qualify as paratroopers. The parachutists began their glider training […]
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11th Airborne Division – June 1944 – Lt. Gen. G.C. Kenney by G. P. Cox
11th Airborne Division – June 1944 – Lt. Gen. G.C. Kenney Jul 19 Posted by GP 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 […]
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