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Jack Simpson | 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division - Army

5:01   |   Jack Simpson went from high school to the FBI, but his 1A draft classification was holding back his career. He decided to just get it over with and enlist. He soon found himself hurried up and waiting in North Africa as troops massed for the invasion of Axis-held Italy.

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