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Jailed hero Watson faces desertion charge in Arkansas
Medal of Honor recipient and former Marine Watson is jailed in Marion Arkansas awaiting return to Fort Rucker Alabama on desertion charges. The article notes his World War II heroics on Iwo Jima and his claimed disillusionment with the Army. The American Legion plans a public conference at the Charleston Civic Center to promote patriotic education and discuss democracy versus communism in schools.
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Wilson Douglas Watson
Earle
Ari
Crittenden County
Marion
Ark
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Watson
Tice Jima
American Legion
Charleston Civic Center
Bona Brown
Elkins
the Legion
Robert B. Moran
St. Albans
Brown
State Legion
Chester Maloney
Welch
Rex Smith
William K. Harmilton
West Virginia Education Assn
Phares Reeder
WVEA
Don Cristip
Legion
West Virginia