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Marine Lieutenant Survives Okinawa Death Ordeal
Marine First Lieutenant Fitzger ald Atkinson of Nashville Tennessee battles across Mzado valley on Hill 79 during Okinawa fighting. His tank is destroyed eight times, a crewman is killed and Atkinson is wounded repeatedly before rescue by a fellow officer Jerry Atkinson and the Nelson tank crew. Both Atkinson and Corporal Boardman survive and reach the hospital for recovery.
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G. Lucas
International News Service
San Francisco
Fitzgerald Atkinson
Nashville
Tenn
Okinawa
Mzado
Atkinson
Jerry Atkinson
Sherman
First Division
Mzado Valley
Corp
Robert R. Boardman
East Nob Hill
Salem
Ore
Boardman
Charles Nelson
Pennsylvania
Nelson
Jerry
Atknson
U. S. Naval Receiving Hospital
Lieut
Cpl
Golden Gate
Naval Receiving