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This is broadcast number seven of the 158th regimental combat team series

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for K to our phoenix.

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Once again we say hello to you from
the Philippines down in the Legaspi

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country on luzon. We're still with the
158th regimental combat team and

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arraigned here before me are three
boys. The last of the arizonans who

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might have been able to find in the
158. The first boy is Rudolph

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caballero box 2 42 bents in Arizona.
The wife's name is mrs Rudolph

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caballero at the same address. Ah what
do you think she's gonna think when

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she hears this fruit off? I think
she'll be tickled to death. I think she

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will too. I believe that she might
even shed just a bit of a tear. What do

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you suppose? That's right. Is your
wife given to tears? Oh eight most

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women are, Do you have any Children
called L. Two? And what are their

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names? Iranian body? And how old are
you? Irene is one year old robert is

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three years. Have you seen them both?
Yes, that's fine. You're lucky. We

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run into a lot of boys out here who
haven't seen the younger of their

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Children. How long have you been with?
158 3 months now. The replacement?

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Yes, rifleman and second Scout. Second
scalp. That's right out on the

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spearhead ended the thing, isn't it?
That's what would you like to say to

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those little Children and that wife of
yours back home, I'm allowed to my

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Children and wish my wife and and boy
very happy. Oh, the birthday comes

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up soon. What is the date and when? I
suppose they will be august 21st my

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boy on the september seven. Good
enough. I'll add my special greetings to

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to these two from Rudolph caballero
whom we have found way out in the

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heart of the Philippines in time for
him to extend birthday greetings to

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loved ones at home. And here is leon J
gaily box 71 litchfield Park Mrs

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leon G galea is the wife. And what do
you think she's going to think? Leon

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? I think she'll be quite surprised.
Has she written to you about this at

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all? I know, sir. Well, it's had quite
a little publicity at home and I

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find a lot of the boys have received
letters from their loved ones at home

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indicating that they should be on the
lookout for me when I get around

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them. I about the last person in the
world you ever expect to see out here

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? Yes, you are. What do you think of
the idea of being able to say hello

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to the folks at home? Well, it seems
to me like a pretty good idea. You

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get a pretty regular mail from the
family. Yes, sir. What end of the game

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are you? And as far as the 158 is
concerned, I mean a machine guns sexy.

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What end of the machine gun operation
are you responsible for? Well, I'm

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Amel Bear. I saw the boys rehearsing
down here on the side of the road a

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little while ago. I think. I know now
what you mean by an ammo bearer. How

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many men do you have to Each gun? We
have first or second gunner and three

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and will bear, what would you like to
say to these folks of yours at home

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? Go right ahead. We like to say hello
and take care of yourself and be

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home soon, we hope. Have you been in
pretty good health? Yes, sir, that's

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good. You look the part, in fact, I've
never seen a healthier looking

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bunch of fellas in my life than the
158 boys whom I've interviewed as

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coming from Arizona here is raoul L.
Vasquez route number one Box three B.

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Tempe. Another Tempe boy. I find out
of seven here. Two boys from my

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hometown, mrs mary L. During Buro and
is the mother and I understand she's

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living in Tempe, is that right? That's
right. What do you think? We could

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talk about here for about a half a
minute. That would be sort of nice for

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the two of us having come from the
same city. Can you tell me it's quite a

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question. Did you meet any of the boys
from Tempe who were in the old

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company from the 158th infantry from
there. No, sir, I don't realize that.

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How long have you been out? I'll have
to say about five months ago then.

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You haven't been here too long. And as
a result, we'll call you a

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replacement again. A rifleman. I'll be
a R man. Oh boy Bang bang bang bang

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bang, Is that the way it goes? That's
the way it goes. We were down on the

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rifle range this morning with the M
one's operating and I was awful sorry

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we couldn't pick up a few of that B A
R firing. I think that would be

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pretty exciting. Yes, we call it a 15.
That's what I call her. That's good.

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What would you like to say to the
folks at home, particularly your mother

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, I'll send all my love to mom. Take
care of yourself. I'm alright. Don't

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worry about any girlfriends at home.
Oh,

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no, no such luck. Huh? What do these
Filipino girls look like to you over

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here? Oh, some beautiful creatures
around. Oh, he calls them creatures.

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He's positively poetic about the whole
thing. Well, thank you very much

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Ralph. I hope to see you in Tampa
again one of these days. And when we do

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, we'll talk about all this dust and
heat and all the other things that we

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will then be rid of by that time and
now for the remainder of this period

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, I want to express the appreciation
of the organizations who, which I'm

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affiliated to the special service
officer of the 158th regimental combat

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team. The name is Captain Marcus, go
winner of Atlanta Georgia. He's

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hardly a member of our retinue from
Arizona. But nevertheless, I think he

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has acquired quite an appreciation for
what the 158 combat team got in its

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early training in Arizona. Captain.
What could you say that would be of

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interest to my folks at home? Well,
I'd like to express the appreciation

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of the entire regiment for the
wonderful cooperation of Mr Howard Pyle

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here and also the Valley Bank and the
Arizona Broadcasting Company station.

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We'd like to extend special greetings
to General Tuthill. A peacetime ceo

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of 158th Infantry and also express our
good luck. Hello and so forth. To

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the old Bush Masters now returned to
the States. A special greetings to

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Colonel Woods, Captain Mclaughlin and
Lieutenant robert Perry. Thank you

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very much. I should say that the loss
of so many of these Arizona men and

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others who have gone out of the unit
would be quite a crippling influence.

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We missed them very greatly. There's
no doubt that the regiment, this is

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the ability that fighting spirit and
the spirit, core of the old men who

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have gone home. But we have a new
group here that are training hard and

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I'm sure they can carry on the
tradition. The old Bushmaster. In other

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words, these boys have gone home or
what you would call the regulars.

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Those were the old timers. The
original uh men and also those selective

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service men who came in in the very
early stage of the war. We miss them

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all here, but we feel they have earned
their rightful place there to

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return to the States and we wish them
all the luck in the world. How would

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you say the regimental combat team
compares with the other fighting units

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as a special service officer, you've
had some contact with the records of

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other outfits, well as a special
service officer, which is a job that I've

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only acquired of late but more as a
combat platoon leader and as a combat

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company commander, I can very much
appreciate the ability of the

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individual soldier and also the
regiment has a whole combat team as a

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whole, as being one of the finest in
the whole area. Thank you very much.

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Captain Gardiner, special service
officer of 158th regimental combat team.

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We're running out of time for our
presentation for this time. I hope in

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our next broadcast to bring you a
personal interview with General Mcknight.

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Her. Until then this is Howard parr,
returning you to fredMacpherson