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LEONARD R. PORTER
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Leonard R. PORTER Pfc, "H" Company 503rd PRCT KIA Landing Zone A, Corregidor Friday, 16 Feb 1945 |
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LEONARD R. PORTER
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Leonard R. PORTER Pfc, "H" Company 503rd PRCT KIA Landing Zone A, Corregidor Friday, 16 Feb 1945 |
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Leonard
Porter was killed on the jump February 16, 1945. "H" jumped the first wave
at 8.25a.m.. As we left the assembly point about 9a.m. and approached the
"Mile Long Barracks" Leonard’s body was discovered.. His chute was deployed
but could possibly have been a streamer or he might have hit the barracks’
roof - the chute collapses and he rolls off and crashes to the ground. He
was just a few feet from the barracks’ concrete wall… Porter was probably
the first casualty of the Corregidor drop.
