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page-4: My son did not live with me at the time he enlisted in the Marines.
Some time prior to May 13th at which time he was inducted. When
I left New Market to go to Baltimore, he did not want to go to the
city therefore, he went to live with his Grandfather and went to
high school from there. He graduated from the Broadway High School
in June of 1941.
I have no way of knowing the exact length of time he was stationed
at either Paris Island, S.C. or New River, N.C. although this infor-
mation can be [sucred?] from the Navy Department. All the circumstances
we have been able to get leading up to his death were from one his
buddies who came to our house to spend the week end after he had
returned to the States. This information I would also think would
be furnished by the Navy Department. We will be glad to furnish you
with a photograph if you so desire.