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SMITH, Rufus W. (b. 1918)

Military ServiceU.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, 1st Separate Marine Battalion
Notable infosurvivor of the siege of Corregidor

Oral Histories

OH 0788

Survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese after his capture on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, 1942; his account of the Palawan Massacre, 1944.