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| - The locals were wary at first of the Americans???the first foreigners some had ever seen, but eventually, 373 townspeople and nomads volunteered and learned camouflage, firearms, intelligence, and other skills before joining nearby Column 8 of Chiang's army.The war, like the rest of the world, seemed far away at Camp 4, but the men kept vigilant watch of the horizon for the enemy, and in May 1945,
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