Sunday, October 24, 2010

October 24, 1945

24 _____ Wed. _ Still in Nagasaki. News going around is that were going back to the states Nov. 15. also new point system came out which will let me out by late Jan or early Feb.
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As of May, all G.I.s were required to have 85 battle points for discharge. In October, with the demobilization ahead of schedule, the total was rolled back to 75 (some sources say less).

Photo is of a Nagasaki Shinto shrine.

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