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Personal account of a young American who was drafted in 1941. He was shipped to the Philippines with other draftees, assigned to the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment on Corregidor, and manned his gun until the surrender in May 1942.

He narrates his…

Waldron was a private and just 19 years old when the war started; he was a gunner in Battery Chicago, an anti-aircraft battery on Corregidor.

He narrates pre-war life on the island fortress; the start of the war; combat on Corregidor and fighting…
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