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Portrait of Cpl Bliven Presented to Bristol Legion Post
Kearney Post No 6, American Legion, received a framed portrait of Raymond Earl Bliven, a Marine corporal killed in Belleau Wood on June 23, 1918. The gift was given by his aunt Mrs Elmer W Childs of Barrington. Bliven, Bristol High School graduate, enlisted in 1917 as Bristol’s first WWI enlistee.
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Kearney
American Legion
Raymond Earl Bliven
5Th Regiment
United States Marines
Belleau Woods
France
Elmer W. Childs
Telford
Barrington
Edwin S. Godfrey
Bristol Casino
Midway Steak and Lobster House
Bliven Memorial Field
Cp] Bliven
Kearney Post No 6