Interesting obituary in Wash Post today. John Singlaub recently died. Retired U.S. army general and war hero. Very rightwing and anti-communist. He spend time in the Philippines looking for the Yamashita treasure--his gold hunting exploits in the Philippines mired in controversy. Wanted to use the gold to financial his anti-communist crusades.
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Good article , never read anything about him before. Wonder if he ended up finding any treasure to finance his war.
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