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Carl Bove
U.S. Army, 11th Airborne Division
Pacific Theater
Tuesday, November 21st
The Day I was Shot in the Philippines
Mr. Carl Bove' was among the first draftees called up in 1943 when the draft board started calling up men between
18 and 20 years of age. He was trained as a parachute infantryman and served in the Pacific fighting areas of New
Guinea and the Philippines at Leyte and Luzon.
On March 15, 1945 while leading an attack on a Japanese fortified position, Carl took a hit in the chest that would
have killed him except for the prompt medical attention provided. The next eight months were spent in the hospital,
during which time the war in the Pacific ended.
Purple Heart County by Carl Bove
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