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The River

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2. That Was My Fathers War

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 03:53 PM

Oct 2020

Not a "Marauder" but he served as a Captain in the 613th Field Artillery Unit. They followed the Marauders
as they helped clear out the Japanese to make way for the Lido Road to connect with the Burma Road.
25 years later I'm in the same part of the world fighting a different war.

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