Veterans
| Last Name |
First Name |
Maiden Name |
Deceased |
Veteran |
Year Graduated |
| Adame |
John |
|
Deceased |
World War II |
1941 |
| Allen, Jr. |
Sam |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1937 |
| Bates |
Jedd |
|
|
No Information |
2002 |
| Becker |
Daryl |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Air Force,
Suez, Berlin, Cuban
Crises, 1958-1964 |
1954 |
| Becker |
Donald |
|
Deceased |
Corporal, U. S.
Army Tank Corps, World
War II, 1941-1945.
Donald
Becker, a member of the class of 1939, served in the Tank Corps.
He entered the service in July, 1941 and received a good part of his
training at Camp Carson in Colorado and at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He
was a Corporal at the time he was killed in Germany April 25,
1945. Donald was the son of Mr. Walter Becker.
|
1939 |
| Beem |
Roy W. “Bill” |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy,
World War II, night fighter
pilot, !942-1947 |
1940 |
| Bouton |
Dustin |
|
|
U. S. Army, 2003- |
2003 |
| Bowen |
Gary |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard Co.B 2nd Bat. 137th
Inf. 69 Brigade 64 - 69 Activated 67-69 - SPC- 5 |
1962 |
| Brainard |
Nicole |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2005 |
| Brian |
James |
|
|
U. S. Navy
during Vietnam War, 1962-1965 |
1962 |
| Brown |
Raymond |
|
Deceased |
World War II |
1943 |
| Brown |
Clovis |
|
|
US Navy |
1959 |
| Bruton |
Robert “Bobby” |
|
|
Air Force |
1976 |
| Bruton |
Larry |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
1978 |
| Butler |
Brandon |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
2004 |
| Cameron |
Kevan |
|
|
8 years U.S.
Navy. Four years US Navy
active duty and four years active US Naval Reserves. I served on
Submarines as a Radioman. I went in May of 1978 right after high school
graduation and was honorably discharged in May of 1986. |
1978 |
| Campbell |
Roland |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1945-1946 |
1944 |
| Carter |
Russell |
|
Deceased |
Russel
A Carter, a member of the class of 1937, entered the service for his
country in April, 1941. He chose the Air Corps and was a very
able student in the schools where he received his training.
Before this training could be completed he was killed in one of the
worst air tragidies of the war--twenty-one young student pilots almost
ready for regular assignment. This plane crash was July 1, 1942
near Welch, W. Virginia, and his body was brought home by a military
excort for burial in the family plot in Meriden Cemetery.
|
1937 |
| Casey |
Sean |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2006
|
| Casto |
Donald |
|
|
U. S. Army,
during Vietnam War, 1968-1970 |
1967 |
| Christy |
John |
|
Deceased |
John Y. Christy, was a member of the Class
of 1935 and served as the president of this class his senior
year. He attended Kansas State College at Manhattan and at the
close of the first semester of his senior year he left school to enlist
in the United States Army Air Corps as a flying cadet. This was
in February of 1940. He was a Captain, serving in the
China-Burma-India Theater when he was killed in India May 3,
1943. The Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross were
posthumously awarded him.
|
1935 |
| Clark |
Delbert R. |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy,
World War II, 1942-1946 -
Seaman First Class when he was discharged. He was in aviation supply.
He made $54.00 a month but only drew 3 or 4 dollars so when he was
discharged, he had enough money saved to buy a new tractor. |
1939 |
| Clark |
Walter W. |
|
Deceased |
U.S. Navy - 1946
- 1948 - stationed at
the Navy base at Pacific Beach Washington - called back to active duty
in February of 1951 (Korean Conflict) and was stationed in Hawaii until
April of 1952 |
1945 |
| Clark |
Clifford |
|
Deceas |
He enlisted in the Army Air
Corp and it later became the Air
Force he served total of 26 years. Enlisted Army Air Corp 1935 at Ft. Riley, Kansas. Retired
as a Major in 1961
1937-1939 Manila Philippines Army1.
1940-1941 Ft. Riley, Kansas
1942-1946 Camp Chaffie
Ark. Army
1946-1947 New
Orleans La.
Army
1947-1949 Japan
Army
1949-1950 Penn. Changed to Air Force
1950-1951 Utah
Air Force
1951 Officers
Training School
Texas
Air Force
1952-1954 Kaiserslautern Germany
Air
Force
1955-1959 Sedalia, Mo.
Whiteman
Air Force
1959-1960 Texas
Air Force
1960-1961 Lake Charles, La.Air Force
Retired
|
1932 |
| Clark |
Daryl |
|
|
Korean War,
airborne ranger |
1954 |
| Clark |
George |
|
Deceased |
U.S. Army,
5/5/1941 - 12/31/1960 -
Retired as a Major - Buried at Ft. Levenworth, Ks |
1933 |
| Cook |
Jim |
|
|
U.S. Navy 1965
-1971 Submarine U. S. S.
Queenfish, Pearl Harbor - Electrician's Mate Second Class |
1964 |
| Cook, Jr. |
Perry |
|
|
Air Force - 1964
- 68 - Served in Texas
and Pakistan - Rank E-3 - Radio Entercept Anylist |
1960 |
| Cote |
Rusty |
|
|
No Information |
1980 |
| Cote |
James |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
1957-1963 |
1953 |
| Dauber |
Bill |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard |
1959 |
| Dauber |
Fred |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy |
1961 |
| Davenport |
Jim |
|
|
20 years U.S.
Navy |
1978 |
| Davies |
Bill |
|
|
My career in the
Navy started in October of 1962 and was completed in 1966. This
was three years of active service and one year of reserves. I
attend basic training at the San Diego Naval Station and Technical
schools in Tennessee, Texas and California. I was trained as an
Aviation Fire Control Technician (AQF). This is aircraft
electronics, computer, guns and missile controls. I was stationed
at the Miramar Navel Air Station and was assigned to the aircraft
carrier USS. Hancock.We sailed on a west pac tour in the Fall of
1964. At this time the Vietnam police action was growing
and in Feb. of 1965 we launched the first carrier based air
strikes on positions in Vietnam. During this tour I
traveled to Japan, China, Guam, Phillipines, and Hawaii. I
saw many things and realized I was "NO LONGER IN KANSAS".
I was honarably discharged in 1966 AQF-4. I had earned the next
stripe but my time in grade was up after my discharge.
|
1962 |
| Davison |
Phillip |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1956 |
| Dominguez |
Benjamin |
|
Deceased |
– Airborne Radio
Operator, U.S. Navy |
1955 |
| Donovan |
Joel |
|
|
No information |
2006 |
| Dunn |
John |
|
|
U. S. Navy,
during Vietnam War, 1968-1970 |
1967 |
| Epler |
Elmer D. |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
Vietnam War, 1969-1970.
27 years total service, 1955-1958 and 1962- 1986. Retired colonel.
Part 1 - My first tour of duty. ---- The military was the last
thing on my mind when I graduated from Meriden High School in
1950. My girl friend of longstanding was a year behind me at
Meriden High. I enrolled at KU in the fall of 1950, and the
Korean War had broken out that summer. I was still 17 years of
age, so I was not likely to be drafted before I at least completed a
semester. However, my advisor recommended I enroll in ROTC, which
I did, after asking what ROTC was.. Going to college was
something I had dreamed of, and actually, not a lot of people I knew
had attended college in 1950. Enrolling in ROTC was a move
that was to change my life. ---------- And so, when I graduated
from Washburn in 1954, with the Korean War having wound down, I was
still commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Reserves and the National
Guard. Since we weren't badly needed we weren't called up
immediately. My call came to report for active duty in March
1955. I had married in Jan., 1952 and our son was born in May
1953. This made the transition a little more complicated, but not
one that really bothered us. I had a commitment to three years of
active duty, then I would serve in a guard or resesrve unit for a total
of 8 years combined. ----------- So, I reported for active duty to
Perrin AFB, Texas, at Sherman, Texas.. I immediately took a
liking to military life. I was an Assistant Finance Officer,
since my degree was a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major
in Accounting. After about 6 months the Base Statistical
Officer"s job came open due to troop reductions. I was
offered the job and took it eagerly. Shortly after that I was
told that the base was getting an IBM installation and that I would run
it as a part of a new function for the Statistical Services
office. The machines were mechanical devices at that time and
used punched cards as the medium for the data. It was all very
exciting and interesting. -------- And so, we got it all running.
As for me, I looked into staying in the Air Force and found a
distinction between "Regular"and Reserve officers on active duty.
I applied for Regular status and was not selected. I also saw a
massive Reduction in Force and saw senior officers cut and sent home to
civilian life. This didn't seem like a very solid career
choice, so I took my release from active duty and headed back for
civilian life in Feb. 1958. ------- I now had two children aged 5 and
3. I was recommended to IBM by the IBM representative to my
office, and was hired by IBM for a management training program in
Dallas, Texas. We moved to Dallas in Feb., 1958. -----
Part 2.
A huge Reduction in Force in 1957 was probably the main reason I left.
Also, the fact the U. S., in its history had NEVER had a standing
Army in peacetime of any great size. The job offer from IBM was
the closer and I left. The next day I felt I had made a
mistake. But this was a one way door and they needed no new
people or ones returning. Enlisted could sometimes return, but
not officersl I couldn't even get into a paying reserve job due
to military cutbacks. The Camp David era of Eisenhower and
Kruschev was in full swing. ==== In 1960, JFK was
elected President and the Camp David era came to a sudden and abrupt
halt. JFK and Kruschev didn't get along and a threat was
made by the USSR to once again blockade Berlin, as they had done in the
late '40's. THIS WAS ALMOST A YEAR BEFORE THE CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS. A call went out to call up some reserves. I
volunteered.
And in Feb. 1962 I was once again "wearing AF blue". I had been
promoted to Captain in the reserves in July 1961 and it was in
that grade I now servedl
I was assigned to Hq Military Air Transport Service at Scott AFB,
Illinois, just east of St.Louis. I was a computer plans officer
and my job was to examine and find operational missions which could
greatly benefit the command in its DOD transport mission.
---- I was still a Reserve Officer on Active Duty, however,
just as I had been the first time I was on active duty. That
meant one could become a victim of a Reduction in Force and I was 29
years old at my return, with three children aged 9, 7 and 4, and I
wanted a steady and dependable job. The AF wanted a higher level
of education in its offiicer corps and offered programs to obtain
advanced degrees. .I decided to try to marry the AF objectives
and my own career management objectives. I applied to the Air
Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to go to school for a
Master's degree. === SUCCESS!! In summer
of 1964 I reported to Michigan State University at East Lansing,
Michigan to obtain an MBA in residence. I was successful
and in the fall of 1965 reported to McClellan AFB in Sacramento,
California, as a charter member of a group called the Air Force
Automatic Data Processing Evaluation and Assistance Office.
Our job,with 12 assigned people was to visit and review ADP management
at all the bases from Vietnam to the eastern borders of Kansas etc.,a
HUGE area. Another similar office in Dayton, Ohio., took the
rest. It was a four year "controlled" tour, which meant that we
knew the day we arrived, when we would leave. I would leave in
August, 1969. That same year I was appointed a Regular Officer
and promoted to Major in the Regular Force. Most of the
uncertainty of a military career and of Force Reductions were finally
erased and I settled into a total "Career" outlook.
--- In October 1969, after attending a school in
Washington, D. C., I arrived at Hq Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam. I was assigned to the computer agency of the hq,
with my first "joint" tour, meaning AF, Army,and Navy, personnel were
mixed and worked as a single unit. I had a Navy
boss, for example, and he worked for an Army boss. Gen.
Westmoreland and later, Gen. Abrams were the Commanders of this Hq
. We had a large IBM 360/50 computer there which had taken a
round through its printer base during the big TET offensive, and since
it did no real damage, a purple heart was hung on it and the
activity continued the march. I was a system's analyst in the
computer facility and we lived in hotels the Army leased around the
city. One was able to improve his condition as his seniority in
country increased. I lived in 3 different hotels and the last was
with a Korean Major. An interesting time.
--- In October, 1970, I departed lovely Saigon, bound for
the Pentagon and Washington D. C. I reported in in November,
1970. --- in Washinton, D. C., Reva went to
work at the Pentagon to keep two kids in college. We were in
Washington from 1970 to 1975. --- At the
Pentagon, I was a "project manager" for AF-wide data automation
projects.. This meant that we had to obtain money for and justify
the continued existence of automation projects in front of the Dept. of
Defense officials and also the Office of Managment and Budget
(OMB). I served here for almost 5 years, when, due to the
advancing years of our parents and my aunt in the Meriden and Valley
Falls areas, I asked for and received an assignment to Hq, Strategic
Air Command at Offut AFB, Omaha, Neb. Here I was assigned to a
1200 man Data Automation organization. I arrived as a brand new
Lieutenant Colonel. I held a variety of jobs in this
organization, including branch chief, division chief (2 different
divisions), general's executive officer, deputy director and director
. In May 1980, I was promoted to Colonel.
--- In late 1982, there were certain "warning" functions
being transferred from Omaha to Colorado Springs. I wanted to go
with them as they were in my area. I was obliged and in Nov.
1982, this time with no kids included, we headed for the Pike's
Peak area. --- In March 1986, weI decided
it was time to retire. I had only a few days less than 27 years
of active duty, plus almost 5 years of reserve time. This spanned
almost 32 years from commissioning in July 1954 to March
1986. At this writing in August 2009, at age 76, I still live
with the same beautiful hometown girl, after over 57 years of
marriage. She is the consummate military wife, loving everthing
about he military. Her only complaint is that she never got to
live overseas due to the needs of the AF in the computer
area. We moved into our current home in Colorado
Springs on my 50th birthday in 1982. We enjoy the mountains
(our house sits at about 6400 feet in the northwest section of the
Springs) and we like the military presence here as we ARE career
military people.
|
1950 |
| Forgy |
Dustin |
|
|
U.S. Army,
2004-2008, Iraq |
2004 |
| Frisbie |
George Patrick |
|
Deceased |
Army National
Guard 1939 - 1940 US. Army
1940 - 1943 Basic Training at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky - Specialty:
Lineman - Honorably discharged 1943 |
1936 |
| Frye |
Mathew |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Funk |
Paul |
|
|
Army National
Guard |
2007 |
| Gaber |
John |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Gaston |
Wallace |
|
Deceased |
US Army, Third
Army European Theater from
1943-1945, Staff Sergeant. |
1934 |
| Gates |
Clarence “Pete” |
|
Deceased |
Miltary Career |
1934 |
| George |
John |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1929 |
| Grubb |
Micky |
|
Deceased |
22 years U.S.
Navy, retired as Chef Petty
Officer, was part of the liberation of Kuwait. |
1979 |
| Hards |
James |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy |
1962 |
| Hayward |
Helene |
Campbell |
|
U. S. Air Force,
1951-1954 |
1949 |
| Hearne |
George |
|
|
Army National
Guard |
2002 |
| Hervey |
John |
|
|
U. S. Army,
Korean War, 1951-1953 |
1948 |
| Hittle |
Aaron |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2005 |
| Hodges |
Gerald |
|
|
No Information |
1957 |
| Hudspeth |
Jeffrey |
|
|
Air Force
1975-1979 |
1974 |
| Jepson |
Gerald |
|
|
-- U. S. Navy |
1967 |
| Jones |
Daniel |
|
|
U. S. Navy, Gulf
War, 1979-2003 |
1972 |
| Kane |
Kenneth |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, Invasion of Sai
Pan and Okinawa, 1943-1946. “In Okinawa I met up with John Adame and
Raymond Brown (class of 1943).”
|
1941 |
| Kirk |
Eric |
|
|
|
2002 |
| Kirkwood |
Gary |
|
|
Army |
1967 |
| Kobuszewski |
Gates |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
2004 |
| Koenitzer |
Clarence |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
Korean War, 1947 |
1947 |
| Kresie |
Donald |
|
|
He was drafted
and was inducted into the
Army Air Corp on 3/26/42. He was in the 13th Headquarters Headquarters
Squadron. He was in charge of records. He was first stationed at New
Caledonia, said he got there around the first of Nov., 1942. From New
Caldedonia, he went to Biak (Island in New Guinea. Mr. Kresie said he
was not involved in combat, but they were being bombed by the Japs all
the time and there were numerous Airmen killed there. There were Japs
in hiding all over the island. He left Biak in Sept 1944 and went to
the Phillipines for about 3 months then back to the US, arrived Dec.
1944. He was discharged in Jan. 1945 and his commission when he was
discharged was Sargeant. |
1937 |
| Lacey |
Frank |
|
Deceased |
Franklin
D. Lacey, a member of the class of 1967, was a Private First
Class in the United States Marines, L Company 26th Marines, Third
Division. He entered Marine training in June 1967 and left for
active duty in Vietnam in December 1967. PFC Lacey was wounded
March 21, 1968 at Khe Sahn, Vietnam and passed away in the Naval
Hospital at Da Nang on March 28, 1968. He was awarded the
Purple Heart, the National Defense Medal, and two Republics of Vietnam
medals. PFC Lacey was buried in the Meriden Cemetery on April 9,
1968.
|
1967 |
| Langley |
Earl |
|
|
WW II |
1942 |
| Lawrence |
James A. |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, 1960-1966 |
1955 |
| Lederer |
A.J. |
|
|
U.S. Navy |
2004 |
| Lee |
Bobby |
|
|
U. S. Navy
during Vietnam War, 1964-1967 |
1962 |
| Lovendahl |
Merril C. |
|
|
U. S. Army
Reserve, 1956-1962 |
1956 |
| Lundin |
Brandon |
|
|
A, 2nd
Battalion, 137th Infantry, Kansas
Army National Guard, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq. |
1994 |
| Luthye |
Wilbur |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1943-1946 |
1942 |
| Luthye |
Dale H. |
|
|
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1942-1945 |
1941 |
| Martin |
Cleveland “Jack” |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Block Island #21 and
#106,
World War II, 1942-1945 |
1938 |
| Martin |
Donald |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, (active duty,
1968-69), 1963-1969 |
1959 |
| Martin |
Robert L. |
|
|
. S. Army,
Korean War, 1953-1955 |
1945 |
| Martin |
Larry |
|
|
No Information |
1967 |
| McClurg |
William E. |
|
Deceased |
-- U. S. Army,
World War II, South
Pacific Islands, 1943-1946 |
1928 |
| McDaniel |
John |
|
|
John was in the
Navy, aboard the USS.
George Washington( carrier)
from '95 to ' 98. His rank was E-3 |
1991 |
| McDaniel |
Robert |
|
|
190th air
refueling squadron, in the
Kansas Air National guard |
1987 |
| McDermed |
Chester |
|
Deceased |
Military Career |
1933 |
| McGarity |
Justin J. |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
World War II, 1943-1945 |
1940 |
| McNorton |
Kandi "BJ" |
|
|
U.S. Army
Military Police |
1978 |
| Moffitt |
Orville |
|
Deceased |
Orville A. Moffit, a member of the class
of 1939, was a Staff Sergeant in the Third Infantry Division. He
entered the service in October 1941. He and his brother, Lee,
were in the same field of service during the entire war and saw each
other several times. They served first in Africa, then in Sicily
and then in Southern France. And it was in Southern France that
Orville was killed in action February 4, 1945. He was awarded a
Silver Star for valor in service and Purple Heart with two clusters.
|
1939 |
| Moffitt |
Lee |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1941-1946 |
1939 |
| Moomau |
Alainia |
|
|
Naval Academy |
2007 |
| Moser |
Robert A. |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
World War II, 1942-1946 |
1931 |
| Murdie |
David |
|
|
National Guard,
1957-1963 |
1952 |
Newell
|
Matthew
|
|
|
I
was in the United States Air Force from 1990 – 1999 during the Gulf War. |
1990
|
| Nichols |
Shane |
|
|
U.S. Marines |
2006 |
| Payne |
Daniel |
|
|
US Army 1961 -
1963 Ft. Bragg, North
Carolina -- 82 Airborne |
1961 |
| Petefish |
Jared |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2005 |
| Reed |
Austin |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2006 |
| Rhodd |
Colby |
|
|
Coast Guard |
2005 |
| Rice |
Clarence |
|
Deceased |
Staff Sargeant,
U. S. Army Infantry,
World War II, 1942-1944,
killed in action |
1938 |
| Riggs |
Kevin |
|
|
U.S. Army |
2008 |
| Rodecap |
Earl W. “Bill” |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
Korean War, 1950-1954 |
1948 |
| Rowley |
Maynard |
|
|
U. S. Army,
Germany |
1953 |
| Sanderson |
Michael |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1967 |
| Saville |
Joshua |
|
|
U.S. Air Force |
2006 |
| Sayles |
Edward J. “Jerry” |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy,
1946-1948 |
1946 |
| Scott |
Joseph |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Princeton |
2001 |
| Segovia |
Gabriel |
|
|
U. S. Air Force,
World War II and Korean
War, 82nd
Airborne Division, 1946-1949; 11th Airborne Division 1949-1951. Retired
M/Sgt E8, 20 years 1944-1964 |
1944 |
| Sherretts |
Harlan |
|
|
Navy |
1956 |
| Shughart, Jr. |
Marlin.Russel |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
Vietnam War, career |
1959 |
| Slane |
Jeanne |
Howey |
|
U.S. Air Force,
1982 - 1987 |
1978 |
| Smythe |
Harlan |
|
|
U. S. Army |
1967 |
| Soria |
Arturo |
|
|
U.S. Army,
Vietnam War (became a US
citizen in 1975) |
1967 |
| Sturgeon |
James |
|
|
U. S. Navy |
1962 |
| Thomas |
Rockey |
|
|
U. S. Navy, USS
Nimitz, career |
1959 |
| Warner |
A.E. “Gene” |
|
|
WW II |
1943 |
| Warner |
Paul |
|
|
U. S. Marines,
Iraq |
2000 |
| Warner |
Francis L. |
|
|
U. S. Navy,
World War II, 1943-1945 |
1931 |
| Wellman |
Timothy |
|
|
U. S. Air Force |
2008 |
| Wells |
James Clifford |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Army,
France, 1952-1954 |
1952 |
| Wells |
William L. “Bill” |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, (active duty
1968-69) 1963-1969 |
1961 |
| Wells |
Donald L. |
|
|
Kansas National
Guard, Vietnam War,
1963-1969 |
1962 |
| Westbrook |
Raymond |
|
Deceased |
U. S. Navy
Reserves, active duty |
1952 |
| White |
Lloyd |
|
Deceased |
Capt.
Marvin Lloyd White: Was a member of the class of 1933. He went to
Junior College in Dodge City kansas after he graduated from High School
and finished his college work at the University of Wyoming. He
was employed by an Oil company whenhe entered the service November 3,
1941. He was a member of the Air corps and had risen to the rank
of Captain when he was killed in the wreck of his plane on Tinian,
Mariana Islands, March 30, 1945. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. L. White and his two brothers, Harry and Dale and his sister, Wilma,
are all Graduates of our high school.
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1933 |
| Wiscombe |
Jerry |
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|
No information |
1955 |
| Zeulner |
Dale |
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U. S. Navy,
World War II, Five invasions,
South Pacific, 1943-1946 |
1942 |
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