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FORWARD This is a diary of a young soldier in World War II Corporal Smith served with the 532nd Engineer Regiment and in this diary he described some of the events that took place during his service. We received a copy of this diary from Lawrence Smith; his accompanying letter follows. NEW GUINEA His Boat was #129, “Old Faithful”. There were three people in the Crew: Cox-swain, Seaman & Engineer man. “Al” never mentioned their names in his Diary - Nassau Bay was his battle ground. The names that were mentioned are TERRY, MIKE, BERT ART, LOYD & AL. Al would have been 85 this year (1989?). He was sent back to the states with malaria. Later a the Tucson V.A. Hospital, they removed one lung. He had emphysema in the other. He had to fight to get 100% disability from the V.A. He passed away in 1968 after being “in and out of the V.A. Hospital”. His Widow, Leora rewrote his Diary into a story (spelling & English corrections, etc.) Lawrence Smith A file formatted to be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader follows. Click her to Open the Text File.
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