We have received a letter from a W.W.II veteran, whose memories of Kilgore, in a time of time of crisis more than 60 years ago, changed his life forever. Leon Abrusley, was 19 years old when his ship, the USS Henley, was assaulted during the battle of Finschafen, Papau New Guinea and broken into two halves.

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