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Irish_Dem

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1. The WWII China-Burma theater was notoriously brutal with high death rate.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 07:19 PM

Jan 2021

This fellow was dispatched alone in the jungle to dispatch messages.
It is a miracle he survived. He must have been quite clever and quick.
And lucky.

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James Richardson, WWII Soldier in Merrill's Marauders, dies at 99 [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2021 OP

The WWII China-Burma theater was notoriously brutal with high death rate. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #1

All of that, he possessed strength & grit as his daughter said. appalachiablue Jan 2021 #2

Yes indeed. He had unique traits of intellectual and character to have survived. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #3