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In May of 1944 he is shipped to Ft. Eustace. Then to Camp Grant, Ill. Where he is given a six week refresher basic training course. Then shipped to Camp Anza, Calif. To await shipment overseas. Boarded troop ship in Port of Wilmington, Calif. On August 28th 1944. Arrived Bombay, India Oct. 7th 1944. Boarded old Indian train - Very crowded conditions - no running water latrine a hole in the floor. K-Rations for six days and nights travel from Bombay to Calcutta. Then by truck 45 miles over dusty roads to Kanchapara near Burma border. Where we slept in Pyramidial tents, six men to a tent. This was the distribution point, from here the soldiers were assigned. Some men were sent to Assam, some to China over the Hump from Dum-Dum India twenty miles from Karachi 1300 mile north west through New Delhi to our final destination the Muslim Hostel in Karachi, India. (Now part of Packistan)

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: TALISMAN and HOARDED GOLD
• Author: R Murray West
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 588
• EAN: 9781418404390
• ISBN: 9781418404390
• ID: 08391489
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Weight: 853 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. August 2004

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