| Allen
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Eugene
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Garden City
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MO
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Army
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87th Armored Field Artillery
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6/3/43 - 11/2/45
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Europe
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M-7 Tank Gunner, Present on Utah Beach D-Day & Battle of the Bulge, attached to 101st & 82nd Airborne
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| Bowman
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George Edward
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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US Army Signal Corps
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36th Signal Corps
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11/11/42 - 9/27/45
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England, France, Germany, Czech.
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Landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, Present at Battle of Bulge, Crossed Remagen Bridge
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| Bridges
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Theodore W.
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Adrian
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MO
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Army Air Force
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363D Maintenance & Suppy
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2/6/46 - 2/6/49
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Alaska
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Radio Mechanic, Alaska
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| Burton
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Charles Shrum
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Raymore
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MO
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Army, Army Reserves & National Guard
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25th Division and 45th Division
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4/3/43 - 2/9/46 Guard to 1973
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New Caledonia, Luzon, Korea
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Military Chaplain, Chaplain for Harry Truman's funeral
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| Cantrell
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Emmette
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Archie
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MO
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Navy, Merchant Marine
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11/42 - 5/46
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Saipan, Guam
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Boxing instructor, diesel motor mechanic
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| Cundiff
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David
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army
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Second Armored Division Mortar Man, M-1 Tanker 11th Armored Cav Regiment, Big Red One 1st Infantry Div.
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2/1983 - present
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Desert Storm
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Patrolled East/West German border, Present in Desert Storm, Army recruiter
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| Delany
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Jack Wittstock
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army Air Corps, US Air Force, Reserves
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Central Training Command
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12/15/42 - 9/23/59
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Texas
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Taught plane navigation on DC-3s, C-47s, flew planes for bombadier school
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| Fatino
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John Dean
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Marine Corps
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Test Unit #1
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11/11/52 - 11/11/60
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Japan, Korea, Nevada
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Survived 10 K.T. blast at 2,600 yards nuclear test
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| Fellman
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Lee Hensley
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Harrisonville
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MO
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U.S. Marine Corps (Womens Reserve)
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3/6/43 - 9/18/45
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New York City & Washington D.C.
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First class of women Marines. Trained in Hunter College, Bronx, NY
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| Foster
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John M.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army Active Reserve
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379th Field Artillery Battalion Battery C
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1/11/1955
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Jun-64
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Mostly Cass County unit, summer camp, basic training and weekly meeting
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| Gorsky
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Edwin A.
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Raymore
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MO
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Army
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70th Infantry Division, 276th Infantry Regiment
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8/10/44 - 7/8/46
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France, Europe
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Fought in the Battle of the Bulge, 85 days on the front line
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| Haines
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Harlan D.
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Belton
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MO
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Navy
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USS Raymond DE 341
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3/14/43 - 2/17/46
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South Pacific
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Present at invasion of Okinawa, Leyte Gulf
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| Haynes
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Kenneth D.
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Belton
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MO
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Army
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148th Armored Signal Corps, 8th Armored Division
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3/9/43 - 2/7/46
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Europe
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Installed and operated tactical field radio transmitting and receiving equipment byMorse Code. Radio operator for Am. Embassy, Prague
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| Herrick
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Verne
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Raymore
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MO
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Army Medical
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89th Division Infantry Regiment, Medical Detachment
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7/2/42 - 12/20/45
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France, Germany
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Liberated Ohrdruf Concentration Camp
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| Hershberger
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Irvin I.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army Medical
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36th Infantry Division, 56th Combat Medical Battalion
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9/43 - 11/28/45
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N.Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany, Austria
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Drove supply trucks
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| Hess
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Jerry D.
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Clanton
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AL
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Army
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25th Division Cu Chi Vietnam
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10/15/59 - 5/83
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Germany, Vietnam
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Rhein Main, 7th engineer Brigade; Berlin Crisis; Finance Officer Vietnam
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| Holt
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George E.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army
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Technician 5th grade
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5/12/42 - 10/19/45
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Europe: England, France, Germany
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Drove supply trucks, present on battleship on D-Day
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| Hubach
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Wesley Donald
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Raymore
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MO
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Army Air Corps
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343 Squadron 55th Fighter Group
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1943-1945
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England, France
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Aircraft mechanic for P-38 planes used to escort bombers, provide cover and patrol air spaces
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| Jaynes
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Harold G.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Navy
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USS Terry DD 513 Destroyer
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2/17/45 - 7/8/46
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Asiatic Pacific
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Present in Tokyo Bay at Japanese surrender
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| Jones
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James Leslie
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army
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181st Signal Repair Co.
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3/16/42 -11/9/45
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China, Burma, India
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Worked with Merrill's Marauders
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| King
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Robert D.
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East Lynne
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MO
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Army Air Corps
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B-25 Photographer
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May 43 - Dec. 45
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Europe
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Flew with crews over Brenner Pass, Prisoner of War in Germany
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| Kochsmeier
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RalphW.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Navy
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Radio & Electronics Technician
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3/3/1943 - 12/19/1962
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Pacific
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WW II at Okinawa, Japan, Korea and Cold War
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| Ladd
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Glenn Wright
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Belton
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MO
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Army Air Force
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490th Bomb Group B-24 & B-17 Flight Engineer Gunner
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12/43-8/45
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England, Europe
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Present at D-Day
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| Lane
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George Barker III
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Raymore
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MO
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Army
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6th Cavalry Reconnaisance Squadron, Headquarters & Service Troop
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7/12/44 - 6/19/46
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Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe
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Daytime 50 caliber machine gunner. Night time, night patrols into enemy territory. On duty at Nuernberg War Trials
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| Lawson
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George Taylor Jr.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Navy
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USS Ulvert M. Moore DE 442 Torpedo man
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6/1/43 - 3/46
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South Pacific, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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Commanding officeer was Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Present at battles for Luzon, Okinawa and Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay
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| McCray
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Walter B.
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Raymore
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MO
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Army
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Anti-aircraft artillery, 33 AA Group 198, AA Group, 32 AA Brigade
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12/21/42 - 7/13/46
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New Guinea, Philippines
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First Commission 2nd Lt. Field Artillery Horse Drawn 1930
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| McHenry
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Scottie Hill
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army Air Corps, US Air Force, Reserves
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WW II 466 Bomb Group, Korea 66th Air Rescue Squadron, Reserves
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9/4/42 - 1973
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England, Richards Gebaur
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Rescued RAF pilot in North Sea in 1952, Flew C-124 Globe Masters to Tokyo,
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| Meyer
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Robert Nelson
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Army
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Third Army, 537th Engineers (LP) Co.
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6/43 - 1/45
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France, Luxembourg, Austria
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Landed on Omaha Beach, present at Battle of Bulge, sustained injuries in truck wreck in Austria
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| Olson
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Lawrence Eugene
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Harrisonville
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MO
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U.S. Army Paratrooper
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Eleventh Airborne, 188th Parachute Regiment
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1944-46
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Phillippines, Okinawa, Japan
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One of the first to jump into Japan in late August 1945
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| Patterson
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Emmett J.
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Archie
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MO
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Army Air Corps
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1/6/43 - 4/46
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US Training Stations
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Trained B-17 Tail gunners
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| Pendleton
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Charles E.
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Garden City
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MO
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Army
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Second Division, 23rd Combat Company Fox, Third Platoon
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3/21/51 - 12/21/52
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Korea
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Present at Punchbowl, Heartbeak (Hill 931) and Bloody Ridge and Pork Chop Hill.
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| Phillips
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Henry D.
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Army Infantry
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Company M 14th Infantry
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WW II Euorpe, France, Germany
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Hard fighting at Regenstauf to cross the Danube
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| Riffle
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Col. John
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Army Air Corps & Air Force, WW II & Reserves
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Ninth Air Force, Troop Carrier Command
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12/3/41 - 11/14/75
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Ft. Leavenworth, Knob Noster, Ft. Benning, N. Africa, Middle East, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Normandy
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Combat intelligence, Commander Air Reserve Squadron
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| Shelten
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James A.
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Creighton
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MO
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Army Infantry
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89th, 71st, 75th Infantry
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7/42 - 12/22/45
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Europe
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Present at Battle of the Bulge, Russian Prison Camp at Himer, Germany
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| Shipley
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Thurman Fred
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army & MO National Guard
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203 Coast Artillery, 84th Division, 334th Infantry, 718th & 909th Field Artillery
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1/7/41 - 7/23/45
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Aleutians, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe
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| Smiley
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Milfred S.
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Army
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101st Airborne, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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7/13/42 - 2/20/49
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Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe
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Present at the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne
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| Snyder
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Bill J.
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Pleasant Hill
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MO
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Army Air Corps
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8th Air Force, B-24 Tail gunner
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11/43 - 10/45
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Europe
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Flew two missions June 6, 1944 D-Day. Completed 31 combat missions
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| Staggs
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Edward Phillip
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Navy
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USS Natoma Bay CVE 62
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3/1944 - 4/1946
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South Pacific, Marshall Islands to Philippines
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On one of most highly decorated ships in the Navy due to so much action, hit by Kamikaze
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| Stofffus
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Eleanor (Eaton)
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Women's Army Corps Regular Army
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Surgical Nurse and Institute of Pathology
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1944 - 1953
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Letterman Hospital San Francisco & Vienna Austria
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Cared for wounded in Pacific Theater at Letterman, 1945. Worked in Judge Advocate Section at the War Crimes Trials in Vienna, Austria
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| Van Meter
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Howard H.
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Harrisonville
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MO
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Army Air Corps
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8TH Air Force, 801-492 Bomb Group, B-24 Waist Gunner Dispatcher
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6/42 - 11/45
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England, Europe
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Flew low-level night bombing missions to supply underground in Denmar, France, Holland, Norway
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