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Thanks for digging up this old thread- I had almost forgotten. No argument about the golden horshoe- plenty of friends and family who were not so lucky and came back with life changing damage or didn't come back at all.

Pretty sure this would be individual campaigns or similar- definitely wasn't 5 years.

Gramps was a Ssgt. in charge of a platoon and issued a BAR but swapped it for an M1 Garand because he had no interest in lugging the BAR up and down the mountains. Pretty sure he was there from Leyte onward, though likely he was deployed before Leyte. I remember him saying that it was rare to capture the Japanese alive during his time in the Philippines. He recalled finding some in caves after they had killed themselves rather than surrender. He also saw some jump off a cliff rather than surrender, though I don't know exactly where that was.

Thanks. Dad's been gone since the 90's so he's not around to ask, though some of his old USMC pilot buddies are still around. I'll have to look for his service record & medals. Wish I could find some slides that he photographed while there. Some really nice pics but haven't seen them since we moved.

<blockquote data-quote="Mountain" data-source="post: 7047575" data-attributes="member: 37371">Thanks for digging up this old thread- I had almost forgotten.&nbsp; No argument about the golden horshoe- plenty of friends and family who were not so lucky and came back with life changing damage or didn&#039;t come back at all.Pretty sure this would be individual campaigns or similar- definitely wasn&#039;t 5 years.Gramps was a Ssgt. in charge of a platoon and issued a BAR but swapped it for an M1 Garand because he had no interest in lugging the BAR up and down the mountains.&nbsp; Pretty sure he was there from Leyte onward, though likely he was deployed before Leyte.&nbsp; I remember him saying that it was rare to capture the Japanese alive during his time in the Philippines.&nbsp; He recalled finding some in caves after they had killed themselves rather than surrender.&nbsp; He also saw some jump off a cliff rather than surrender, though I don&#039;t know exactly where that was.&nbsp; Thanks.&nbsp; Dad&#039;s been gone since the 90&#039;s so he&#039;s not around to ask, though some of his old USMC pilot buddies are still around.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to look for his service record &amp; medals.&nbsp; Wish I could find some slides that he photographed while there.&nbsp; Some really nice pics but haven&#039;t seen them since we moved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mountain, post: 7047575, member: 37371"] Thanks for digging up this old thread- I had almost forgotten. No argument about the golden horshoe- plenty of friends and family who were not so lucky and came back with life changing damage or didn't come back at all. Pretty sure this would be individual campaigns or similar- definitely wasn't 5 years. Gramps was a Ssgt. in charge of a platoon and issued a BAR but swapped it for an M1 Garand because he had no interest in lugging the BAR up and down the mountains. Pretty sure he was there from Leyte onward, though likely he was deployed before Leyte. I remember him saying that it was rare to capture the Japanese alive during his time in the Philippines. He recalled finding some in caves after they had killed themselves rather than surrender. He also saw some jump off a cliff rather than surrender, though I don't know exactly where that was. Thanks. Dad's been gone since the 90's so he's not around to ask, though some of his old USMC pilot buddies are still around. I'll have to look for his service record & medals. Wish I could find some slides that he photographed while there. Some really nice pics but haven't seen them since we moved. [/QUOTE]

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