The Combat Diary Of Heavy wepons platoon leader, T/Sgt. James F. McGuire 3rd Battalion - Khaki Combat Team Merrill's Marauders - Burma February 1944 - June 1944 T/Sgt James F. McGuire Passed away on 31 January 1997
THIS DIARY IS REPRODUCED HERE WITH THE PERMISSION OF MSGT. APRIL MCGUIRE THE DAUGHTER OF T/SGT JAMES MCGUIRE THE DIARY WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY L.D. SMITH, THE BROTHER OF JOHNNIE SMITH - K.I.A. - TINGKRUKAWNG BURMA - MAY 1944 FIRST SCOUT, I & R PLATOON, 3rd BATTALION, MERRILL'S MARAUDERS. JOHNNIE AND JAMES WHERE FRIENDS IN THE 3RD BATTALION. NOTE: THE FAMILY OF JOHNNIE SMITH, WAS ONLY INFORMED IN 1944 THAT JOHNNIE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, PERIOD. THEY HAD NO OTHER INFORMATION, UNTIL 53 YEARS LATTER, WITH THE HELP OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY RAY LYONS, JOHNNIE'S BROTHER LARANZO WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH JOHNNIE'S PLATOON LEADER AND FRIEND, T/SGT. JAMES F. McGUIRE. Johnnie Smith K.I.A. Burma 1944
Read T/Sgt. McGuire's, Day By Day Life As A Member Of The Marauders.

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