hyrum restroom who served aboard landing
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ship
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HMAS can Imbler and was part of the
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landing squadron that returned General
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Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines one
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of the great symbolic episodes of the
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war focus on board the cannon blur as
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you returned MacArthur to the
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Philippines yes well well that was
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wholly exciting fleet to being there
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there were over a hundred ships in the
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fleet
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so it was horizon horizon and beyond
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horizon to horizon was absolutely
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magnificent the ships 360 degrees
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absolutely amazing and Japanese plans it
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came over they met such a reception that
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the shell bursts in the sky our life of
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the ting holding a Christmas kite up
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above your head and looking at the
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currents in it and that was that was
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half price and air that those shell
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bursts were in the sky but the Japanese
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plans came to grief that that that did a
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lot of damage of course but by and large
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they American Air Force carrier planes
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dealt with him or otherwise I got the
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shot down boy their ships so no it was
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was a great privilege to be in that
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flight and we didn't land at a club and
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where the main landing was her job was
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to land troops that peni on all and just
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reconcile have kept on with yards off
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the coast of southern coast Almighty and
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the
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they arrived and we actually we had a
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car at die
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the Japanese it about an air of the
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place and we got a great welcome by the
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Filipinos and and we had fightin
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and things on board and other items that
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the Filipinos were leveraging on us so
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it was really a picnic day but anyway we
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got all the troops issue and bolted and
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they - daran get another life and in
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britain reinforcements which was badly
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made really he had to get back to
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buddies get another light of chips and
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equipment and bring it then when I was
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joined the Navy I was a refugee from the
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army and there been another dozen of us
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and we missed their draft and we bent
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into Flinders on the light shrine and we
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get down there and all the mecca's
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that's you recruits addenda the Rawai
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sodding in the debye yelling at you'll
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be sorry you'll be sorry
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we'd already been sorry in the army so I
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said what what's your class number was
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allocated to as I said is I think oh
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well your special service special all
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been examined I put they put us in this
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special service group well the special
04:04
service turned out to be and finished
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training which was a sacred temple at
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Port Stephens and New South Wales and
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that the town was guided residence had
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to have passes to get in an air of their
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iron
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damn and which we tried there and we
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tried with Australian based on the
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British landing craft which were very
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good for the crew because I had Steve
04:42
lighting all ran the Crocs and had a
04:44
little stale Kevin but when the Yanks
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came into it took Ava decided the gala
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the angel craft which were much more
04:56
suitable really they all either captain
04:59
stood up like Jackie and and was a sort
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of a a sitting shot for anybody that
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wanted to have a gallery anyway only
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that being a landing craft oxen on i.t -
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cannon blah
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we had 25 landing craft and we could
05:22
lift a landing craft off the ship in 12
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minutes which is remarkable because five
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across five landing craft across a deck
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and the Derrick had Derrick's port and
05:39
starboard one had to make to live
05:42
someone had to make three so today three
05:44
lifting in 12 minutes was remarkable so
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the menorah caddy this time and we used
05:53
to choke each other about who was the
05:56
fastest girl in all side of Australia
05:59
but we formed the nucleus of the United
06:04
start seventh amphibious plane under us
06:08
Admiral Dayne Bobby and built up from
06:12
there astonishingly and we were all wise
06:17
with with the flavour and I didn't
06:19
versions we did six inversions al anbiya
06:25
Morotai lighting with General MacArthur
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going back and then Gandalf up at the
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top of North all and
06:40
lose on and then - with us rather with
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American troops then tear with
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Australian troops at Brunei in Borneo
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and Ballack Papin and we we enjoyed
06:58
having the Australians on board really
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that they were really like back fellows
07:05
that all been in the Army or most of
07:09
them a lot of them had been in the Army
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since the beginning and now they were
07:16
far dear men and they were told that as
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soon as the war ends you will be the
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first time so we had the pleasure of
07:30
landing the map in the New Orleans and
07:33
then when peace was declared we are up
07:36
in seebik by and right in the eye
07:39
further north take the war against the
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Japanese and we got the job of typhoon
07:47
news veteran time and we rock beckons in
07:52
Brisbane on on the 4th of January 1945
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the war started on the 3rd of September
08:00
39 so it was to 60s to the diverge
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really that the war had had been going
08:10
and some of those men were but when were
08:14
five and five and a half he meant up to
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six years so it was a great privilege to
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take him into the islands and the cries
08:26
of privilege to be able to bring them
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home safely
08:30
that's one of my great memories of the
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war
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what do you say audience all right
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number binded Mara up there
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get on there
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yes well artists artists I that you know
09:03
the American shapes that I hadn't had
09:05
the training that they are Australian
09:07
ships air brakes had been over the
09:09
Middle East in every way you know and
09:12
and I miss you could say landing at
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Bernard we could accommodate about 35 in
09:25
a in an LC vape a landing craft vehicle
09:28
personnel 35 foot a landing craft and
09:35
one of the fellows in my landing craft
09:37
had his 21st birthday on that day so I
09:41
died clear this price in the bottom of
09:44
the bad and little Bunsen burner and my
09:49
team at capita on the vines the landing
10:03
knock killers wrapped up in grain bags
10:07
couldn't say a thing and laying them on
10:11
the gunnel of the barge in his he's
10:13
yelling air as though it's a horse rice
10:16
I sure and the Australians are claiming
10:20
the Jap shop you know well you know I
10:24
could say lots ball but all things are
10:27
better give it a ride there
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