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My Dad was drafted at age 25 and spent five years (excluding Basic Training) island hopping as Army Infantry in the South Pacific. He mentioned a couple times that his units would do the amphibias assaults securing the beach heads to make them safe for the film crews so the camera men could shoot News Reels of the Marines storming the beaches for the folks back home.
He kept a diary for the whole time he was over-seas which was naturally confiscated by the Army as part of the discharge process. Through some miracle it was mailed to his parent's home (without editing!) months after my Dad was discharged in Sept of '45.
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