yes, he only died last year. He told me some about his time in the service, even though he had failing memory. He told me about the places they docked and stayed. He didn't say much else, although he did seem to have a very deep hatred of the Japanesse. Almost a discust, about the crimes they committed.

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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!" Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe - 13th January 1943 - (Guadalcanal)