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Met this fine gentleman a few months ago, he is a WW II Vet and fought with the 147th infantry regiment at Iwo Jima. Last week he and I sat down at his house and he brought out a cardboard file box of WW II stuff and we talked all afternoon about his experiences on Iwo and me and RVN. The 147th took over from the marines after Iwo was "secure" They killed over 6800 japanese soldiers in 3 months of fighting on a secure island.

As I left he made a remark often heard from VN vets. "It was good talking to you about this, You know you just can't talk about war experiences to someone who has not been there, they just don't understand". Bill is in his mid 80's and still walks a mile every morning around his neighborhood.