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Show Mark L. Abbott Says Tarawa was "Rough" Mark L. Abbott writes from the SW Pacific on Dec. 14th: Dear Folks: It seemed good to hear from vou again. I've not seen Vance for quite a long lime. I left New Zealand two. or three months ago. I was in the first assault wave on the Tarawa landing. I got away without anything bad enough to talk about, but it was quiteROUGII for a while. I'm taking it easy now at a rest camp. I am much closer to the Slates than at any time since I left . . . Wishing you the best of everything, every-thing, Mark. (In his letter to his sister. Mrs. Martha Johns, Mark sent a 50-yen currency bill as a souvenir.) |