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Barksdale, Battle Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle Malone Barksdale was married to his wife Grace for 66 years. They were married on 29 August 1939. After they married, he went to Hawaii.
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Barksdale, Battle Prewar Life
Battle Malone Barksdale was the youngest of seven children.
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Barksdale, Battle Shipped Overseas
Battle Malone Barksdale was the operations officer for his group [Annotator's Note: the 635th Field Artillery Battalion].
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Barksdale, Battle West Point Military Academy
Battle Malone Barksdale was in H Company [Annotator's Note: Company H - unable to further identify - at the United States Military Academy in
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Barnes, Alton Alabama National Guard
Alton Barnes loves the United States and its freedoms. Freedom is the most important thing in this country.
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Barnes, Alton Alabama National Guard OCS
Alton Barnes established the Alabama National Guard officer candidate school, OCS, in 1956.
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Barnes, Alton Becoming a Soldier and Overseas Deployment
Alton Barnes went to Fort McPherson, Georgia and then back to Fort McClellan [Annotator's Note: near Anniston, Alabama] after his entry into t
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Barnes, Alton Combat in the Philippines and VJ-Day
Alton Barnes arrived by ship in the Philippines and was sent by railcar into the jungles immediately.
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Barnes, Alton Early Life
Alton R. Barnes was born in December 1923 in Oxford, Alabama. He grew up in Talladega County where his father was in the dairy business.
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Barnes, Alton Occupation of Japan
Alton Barnes and the 158th Regimental Combat Team, 158th RCT, left the Philippines in September [Annotator's Note: September 1945] and headed
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Barnes, Alton Postwar Life and Military Service
Alton Barnes spent about three months in Japan performing occupation duty following World War 2.
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Barnes, Alton Reflections
Alton Barnes remembers being posted on guard duty during a rainy night in the Philippines as a green soldier.