OT Sixth Army patches

George Anderson · 04-02-2006, 09:01 PM

My Dad spent some time in the Sixth. He was commissioned from sergeant to 2Lt in 41 and transferred from the Phillipines to Panama in 11/41. Later fought from New Guinea to Leyte. Ended the war in Washington in '45 as a LTC. Died in '72 of heart disease complicated by a drawer full of malaria. He was a quiet soldier who brought only himself and some terrible memories home from the war.

My mother carried a visceral hatred for the japanese to her grave in 1986, fourteen years after my father's death.

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04-02-2006, 09:01 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	My Dad spent some time in the Sixth. He was commissioned from sergeant to 2Lt in 41 and transferred from the Phillipines to Panama in 11/41. Later fought from New Guinea to Leyte. Ended the war in Washington in '45 as a LTC. Died in '72 of heart disease complicated by a drawer full of malaria. He was a quiet soldier who brought only himself and some terrible memories home from the war. My mother carried a visceral hatred for the japanese to her grave in 1986, fourteen years after my father's death.