My dad flew a C-47 during WWII in the Pacific based out of Australia and throughout the Pacific islands transporting 24 terribly wounded soldiers stacked on stretchers in the tropical heat over 120+ in those airplanes with one nurse. He said he never heard a soldier complain. That affected him and he went on to medical school and became a family doctor in a small Iowa town for 30 years. He was proud of his service - but he also saw up close what the victories cost.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My Uncle, Arthur, served in New Guinea on the Kokoda Track he saw mates die from wounds, etc, etc, but he always remembered the 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels' ( New Guinea Tribesmen) who risked everything to help get the wounded back to treatment through the worst conditions that the jungle could throw at them.
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels had great respect for the Aussie Soldiers but had very little for the " them little yella fellas" as they called them and no-one can blame them given the horrors and atrocities they natives suffered at the hands of the Japanese.
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A family friend told about the friendly New Guinea natives that would do laundry, clean your hut, and supply fresh fruit in exchange for a plastic toothbrush - they would remove the bristles and put the handle through their nose as colorful jewelry?
@FrostyJim Yeah, the Aussie Soldiers in New Guinea treated the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels really well and respected them greatly.
Mind you, the Aussie soldiers who had trained to fight in the New Guinea jungles didn't have much respect for the Yank soldiers they fought with AFTER they'd beaten the Japs back from Kokoda alone and without assistance from the Yanks though.
In other battles elsewhere, the Aussies called the Yanks ' marching mince meat'. because of their 'storm in to battle' tactics with everyone ' spread out like empty bottles on a fence just waiting for the 'Nips' to just chop them into 'minced meat' where the Aussies went in quietly, going from cover to cover, no 'fanfare' and were sneaking up on the enemy.
Hence, the invented their own version of the Aussie saying about Yanks being OVERS, i.e. Over-paid, Over-Sexed and Over Here, the Aussie soldiers dubbed them as being ' Over-Paid, Over-Fed and Over-Rated.'
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