"G" Company before we went in to the Markham Valley. It is 2011 now, and though I remember their faces, I have lost many of their names. Back row left is Avelino Fernandez, who will be hanged for murder; beside him is Charles McLemore; then Karsten Hall (who will be among the last of us to die - he in Negros.) The man with the helmet, Nick Tupac, will be severely wounded gathering boobytraps. On his left is Andy Pacella, my second scout. 'Sleepy' Linton is to the right of the man with the towel. 4th from the right is Emmett Wester. Kneeling at left in the front row is one of the men from the Test Platoon, whose name I cannot recall. To his left is Buford Adams. The rest of the names, I regret that I forget.

 

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