The Forgotten Ghost Soldiers of Wwii: “Rakkasan” 187Th Infantry Regiment Company C.

By John A. Eisler Jr. and Virginia Foster Eisler

My father would always read to me or tell me stories from a picture book so one day when I was young I asked him to draw me a picture and tell me a war story.
I enlisted in the military because these terrible men were trying to hurt my friends and family. They would make them walk on long marches then lock them up like caged animals. They would lock up everyone in their family even the little girls. Being one of the best hunters I was selected to serve on a team with men from other countries and travel all around the world helping free these people.
One time we were dropped off in a little rubber boat to paddle our way to an island during the biggest storm ever. The wind and rain were blowing and the waves made it almost impossible to stay inside the boat. We went in to hunt down the bad guys like Daniel Boone or David Crocket. We were the unknown men with no faces or name tags that silently moved through the night being known for civil war tactics as the advance unit of Ghost Soldiers.
We had to live off of the land eating whatever we could find like berries, fruit, or hunting the animals. We would throw hand grenades into the water that would bring up the snakes, alligators, fish or whatever was living in the water.
The islands were the most beautiful places in the world with all the green plants and the most beautiful flowers and colored birds.
We freed the people that were taken prisoner and one camp there was a beautiful young girl by the name of Virginia and she is the person I named you after. The dream of someday having a daughter of my own that I could love and protect gave me the willpower needed in combat.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781493102532

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Copyright © 2013 by John A. Eisler Jr. and Virginia Foster Eisler.

Book design by John A. Eisler Jr.

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Rev. date: 11/07/2013

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Picture Album

Prisoner of War Camp with Sweatbox

Close-up of Sweatbox

Japanese National Flag

Camp behind Enemy Lines

Concentration Camp

PFC Charles Foster Sitting in Japanese Sedan Chair

First US Flag Flown over Japan by Advanced Unit

Japanese Special Force Unit

Bloodstained Silk Scarf/Japanese Soldier Teams

Japanese Soldier

Japanese Soldier (Back of Picture with Bloodstain)

Japanese Soldier

Japanese Soldiers

Japanese Soldier

Airfield with Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Japanese Woman

Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci (Close-up)

Benito Mussolini in Piazzale Loreto Town Square, Milan, Italy

Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci Being Hung in Piazzale Loreto Town Square, Milan, Italy

Benito Mussolini, Clara Petacci, and Another Person in Bomb Boxes

German Bed Quilt with Bloodstains

Comrade in Japanese Imperial Palace

PFC Foster Showing Japanese Imperial Palace’s Secret Door

Japan Diner, PFC Foster Displaying Distinguished Unit Citation

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Post Cards

Pictures

Pictures

Cigarette Lighters/Japanese-Issued Currency for Philippines

War Memorabilia

War Memorabilia

War Memorabilia

War Memorabilia

Trench Knife/Patches

Distinguished Unit Citation with Silver Oak Leaf (Picture)

1941 M42 Jacket Jump Uniform/Hat

Military-Issued Pants and Wooden Box

Japanese Knives/Chopsticks

Japanese Memorabilia

Japanese Kimono Dress

Plates, Ink Container, and Dolls

Japanese Memorabilia

Japanese Memorabilia

Japanese Bell

Parents Who Raised Charles

Charles’s Brothers

Virginia Jean Mineheart Traveling with Family

Charles Foster Traveling with Family after the War

Wedding Announcement in Local Newspaper

Wedding Picture

Virginia’s Baby Pictures/Forget-Me-Not Dress

Virginia and Her Brothers

Virginia at Surprise Birthday Party

Spoon Ring/Forget-Me-Not Vase

Heart, Cross, Religious Charm, and Four-Leaf Clover

Wedding Day Rice/China

Valentine’s Day Card

Charles and Daughter/Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Picture

Virginia’s Thirteenth Birthday Picture and Card

Chance Jacob Brandon

Virginia Holding Chance Jacob Brandon

Family Portrait

James David Brandon (First Birthday)

Funeral Announcement in Local Newspaper

Funeral Flag/Military Awards

Charles Foster’s Funeral Card

Virginia Foster’s Funeral Card

Chance Jacob Brandon’s Funeral Card

James David Brandon’s Funeral Card

Military Paperwork

Honorable Discharge, Enlisted Record, and Report of Separation

Separation Qualification Record, WD AGO Form 100 (Front Page)

Separation Qualification Record, WD AGO Form 100 (Back Page)

National Personnel Records Center

Authorization for Issuance of Awards, DA Form 1577 (Page 1)

Authorization