When Japanese Cut Off This American's Ear — He Killed All 41 of Them in 36 Minutes

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When Japanese Cut Off This American's Ear — He Killed All 41 of Them in 36 Minutes

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At 4:47 on the morning of May 11th, 1945, Private John McKini lay in his tent near Dingolan Bay, Luzon, unaware that approximately 100 Japanese soldiers were creeping through the jungle toward his position. 24 years old, 2 and 1/2 years in the army, a sharecropper son from Georgia with a third grade education. By May 1945, the Philippine campaign h... Read More

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