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On Veterans Day, Thomas Joseph Smith Jr. will sign his book, “Marine #419322,” from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza. In a notice about the event, Book House owner Susan Novotny describes the book as “a very personal memoir, an action-packed adventure and an intriguing mystery involving one Japanese Admiral and two million dollars-worth of Japanese yen. A series of bureaucratic military snafus meant to cover up Tom’s intimate knowledge of the capture of Rear Admiral Kakuda followed him until 2000 when local politicians helped correct his record.”