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7 Sep 69
We’re all scared. One can easily see this emotion in the eyes of each individual. One might hide it with his mouth, while another might hide it with his actions, but there is no way around it. We are all scared. They say when fear is in a man, he is prepared for anything. When fear posesses the man he is prepared for nothing. As of now fear is in me. I hope I can keep it from possessing me....
- a journal entry by PFC William A. Maguire, Jr.
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PFC William A. Maguire, Jr., of Short Hills, New Jersey, died on 28 September 1969, four weeks after he arrived in country and two days after he contracted a fever while on patrol near the DMZ with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was 20 years old.
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