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Wally J. Corpse
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Great Balls O' Fire!

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Greetings, Legion Of Fan-

Here's another Elder Mr. Corpse WWII adventure-
Dad's island recreation episode- There He Was, with his plane crew gunner buddies, off duty whilst their PBM was getting equipment upgrades and combat injury repairs, on some island that had been an enemy stronghold, until the USMC eradicated the Japanese forces, leaving behind a mop up contingent to route out the persistent survivors. This was a craggy volcanic landscape, rife with natural and enemy made caves and tunnels. They were with a group of Marines, two of whom had flamethrowers, a couple of BARs, and the new M-2 carbines, intent being to flush out and eliminate any enemy cave dwellers. Mine Sainted Dad and his pals were well armed with Thompson SMGs, Pabst and church keys.
Upon scouting discovery of a likely portal to the subterranean network, the Marines would set up firing positions, then lob grenades into said hole, and hope for an emerging target, mostly un-fufilled, and the blast dust/shockwave a call for another can o' suds. On one startlingly occasion, after the grenade went off, the group was surprised whence a shrieking enemy soldier popped out of a hole and ran towards the Marines with rifle fire and desire to bayonet the good guys. Dad said that he was met by a sticky flaming blast from a flamethrower but kept coming until spastically shredded by USN .45 full auto rounds.
Dad said that over the two days they participated in this effort, the band of buddies terminated four enemy soldiers, 2 by great balls of fire plus Tommie gunning, 1 by well placed freakish ricochet from BAR, and 1 nicely tossed grenade.
The Dad adventure also resulted in his gaining possession of a war souvenir, set of cast aluminum knuckles, which eye have to this day.
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AS ever,
Your ol' pal,
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Fire, that has to be the worse way to go. Man gotta do what a man gotta do.
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Your ol man sure got his share of the shit. Glad he made it through.
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Must have run in the family!
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