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Subject: Another Sampsonite


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Louis DeAngelo
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Date Posted: 19:02:25 08/25/05 Thu

I JUST STUMBLED ON THIS GREAT WEB SITE.TOOK BOOTS AT SAMPSOM,02-45 D UNIT 11-L.OUR PX.BURNED DOWN.LEFT ON A TROOP TRAIN TO CAMP SHOEMAKER,THEN TO TREASURE ISLAND.WE
MET THE SURVIVORS OF THE U.S.S.INDIANOPLIS.BOARDED A.P.A.
U.S.S. SIBLEY OFF TO ULITHI, REFULED,THEN TO ENIWETOWK ON TO SAMMAR.LST?LOADED WITH ARMY MASH UNIT.ATE (C)RATIONS FOR THREE DAYS.LANDED ON A ISLAND I CANNOY REMEMBER THE NAME.LCI TO TACLOBIN,ON LEYETE.SLEPT IN ARMY TENTS IN MONSOON.WHAT A MESS.WEEK LATER ANOTHER LCI.TO CAVITE.THEY ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS,FOR A BOAT POOL IN MANILA,WHICH I STEPPED FOWARD.ENDED UP IN (BP-15-1)BECAME AN (LCM COX.)YR
LATER WENT ABOARD VICE ADMIRAL KAUFFMANS YACHT,GREAT DUTY.WE HAD THE HONOR OF TAKING GEN.EISENHOWER AND HIS STAFF TO CORRIGIDOR AND A CRUISE OF MANILA BAY.WE HELPED TO TRAIN THE FIRST PHILIPPINO NAVY CADETS ON RUNNING LCVP AND LCM.AND LATER WENT TO THEIR GRADUATION AT CLARK FIELD.APRIL (46)TO SUBIC BAY PICKED UP THE A.P.A.WINGED ARROW FOR T.I.CA.MEMBER SHIPS CO.WENT THROUGH A CAPTAINS MAST FOR BEING 15MINS.LATE GETTING BACK TO BASE.MY PUNISHMENT WAS RESTRICTION TO THE BASE FOR A WEEK AND MUSTER 3 TIMES A DAY BUT THE OFFICER NEVER TOLD ME WHERE I HAD TO REPORT FOR MUSTER.HE GAVE ME A BREAK.MAYBE HE ALSO DISLIKED THE MARINES,HA,HA.ANOTHER TROOP TRAIN BACK TO BAINBRIDGE,MD.JULY,14,DISCHARGED.GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.MY BROTHER ROCCO WAS AGUNNER IN THE ARMED GUARD ALSO A SAMPSON ALUMNI.HOPE I DID NOT BORE ANYONE.I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO WAS ATTACHED TO (BP-15-1)MANILA,PI.
THANKS FOR LISTENING.
lOU DeAngelo

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