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SGTMAJ VOUSA, "British Solomon Islands Constabulary," as he first appeared——to U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal, "August," 1942. Vouza was captured by, the——Japanese, tortured and "repeatedly bayonetted." But refused——to divulge information. Despite serious wounds he escaped. And survived not only to conduct many patrols. But to receive U.S. and British decorations. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-4.html
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