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>My mother is Gladys Zimbelman and she served in the >CBI 69th General in India as a nurse. She is still >alive but has terminal cancer and is not expected to >live more than a month or two at most. Her memory is >still sharp. I asked her if she knew your father but >she told me that she did not. However, she was on the >ships mentioned in the posting and her ship was >declared lost at sea during a typhoon though the ship >and those on board were OK. Sorry we couldn't help >you. >>My father, PFC Joseph J. Sabol (deceased, 1988) was a >>medic in the CBI 69th General. I know he was in India >>Christmas, 1944 at least through Valentine's Day, 1945 >>and spent Christmas, 1945 in Okinawa. He survived at >>least one of the typhoons that hit Okinawa. I have >>documentation that he arrived by ship in Oran, North >>Africa, on April 19, 1944. He was known for his >>artistic ability and painted many signs and holiday >>postcards for fellow soldiers to send home to loved >>ones. Several pictures show him smoking a pipe. >>Is Gladys still alive? Is there any information about >>my father that you can link to Gladys? >>Yours is the only request about the 69th General >>Hospital that I can find. >>Please respond if you can. >>Thank you. >>Janet Sabol >> >>>Would like any information and especially about the >>>time period of Aug. 5, 1944, left India, July 25, >1945 >>>left Calcutta aboard USS Collins. Was aboard USS >Bundy >>>from Okinawa From Aug 5, 1945 until Oct. 19, 1945.

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