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Robert E. Louis Survival Story
My name is Robert E. Louis, and this is my World War ll survival story.
I am 16 years old, but I faked my age just so I could get it. I just wanted to get away from my job in the factory. You might’ve thought that, that was the dumbest decision anyone could’ve ever made. At the time it sounded like a good thing to do. Life was tough at home, I wanted to be a war hero.

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