They built fish traps. and distilled sea water toobtain desperately needed salt. In improvised coffee pots. made from oil drums. they boiled and reboiled the tiny supply of coffee until the very grounds were white. Quartermaster duties are without end. They supervised swelling groups of refugees. which they had to feed with food sorely needed by our fighting troops. Thcy obtained land for airports. and issued special clothing to Japanese prisoners of war. They supervised the burial of the dead. maintaining cemeteries after a fashion. closely keeping track of death records and saving valuables to be f orwarded to the next of kin.
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