"The Regimental Commander, Colonel Hiroyasu,
16th Infantry, died in battle. The battalion commanders are all either wounded or dead. My
Own company commander is dead. Two of the platoon commanders have been wounded; one of them entered the hospital for medical treatment and was with me there. In our company NCOs are acting as platoon commanders and privates as squad leaders. At present my company has come down to a total of only 30 men. Of the soldiers in my squad three were killed, four wounded, and at present four in good health are doing hard fighting.
As I too am soon to leave for the front lines I should like to see their cheerful faces. The platoon leader, convalescing and almost up, says 'Go to it!'
"I am writing this as a farewell letter."
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"The Regimental Commander, Colonel Hiroyasu,
16th Infantry, died in battle. The battalion commanders are all either wounded or dead. My
Own company commander is dead. Two of the platoon commanders have been wounded; one of them entered the hospital for medical treatment and was with me there. In our company NCOs are acting as platoon commanders and privates as squad leaders. At present my company has come down to a total of only 30 men. Of the soldiers in my squad three were killed, four wounded, and at present four in good health are doing hard fighting.
As I too am soon to leave for the front lines I should like to see their cheerful faces. The platoon leader, convalescing and almost up, says 'Go to it!'
"I am writing this as a farewell letter."
16th Infantry, died in battle. The battalion commanders are all either wounded or dead. My
Own company commander is dead. Two of the platoon commanders have been wounded; one of them entered the hospital for medical treatment and was with me there. In our company NCOs are acting as platoon commanders and privates as squad leaders. At present my company has come down to a total of only 30 men. Of the soldiers in my squad three were killed, four wounded, and at present four in good health are doing hard fighting.
As I too am soon to leave for the front lines I should like to see their cheerful faces. The platoon leader, convalescing and almost up, says 'Go to it!'
"I am writing this as a farewell letter."
Writer: Clayton Osborne
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