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83rd US field Artillery (Interviewee says "83rd" but interviewer notes "86th") (horse-drawn), then CBI theater with pack howitzers; Silver Star; went to the University of Florida; Fort Benning; Fort Sill; Fort Jackson; Burma; ruse to convince some Japanese that the war was over as a captain (awarded Silver Star for this); got transferred from artillery to assisting the Chinese, making sure they had enough rations, etc; Silam Island; Mountbatten headquarters; got news early of the atomic bomb to be sent to Japan; dischaged while in Augusta, Georgia; Florida Park Service; forestry; employed by Proctor and Gamble regarding the pulp mill in Perry. OHP Control Number 2063