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COMBAT STORIES FROM World War II

Nollie Carpenter | 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division - Army

4:25   |   The Philippines is where Nollie Carpenter first saw combat. He landed on Leyte near Samar and started tromping through rice paddies. From a rise overlooking the ocean, he watched Japanese planes attacking ships until the shrapnel got close.

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