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Mother's plea honored as WWII Marines returned home
At Arlington National Cemetery five Marines killed on Guadalcanal in 1942 were buried near their families after remains found in 1970 were identified. Pfc David Johns Pfc Eugene Johnston Cpl John Suggs Pvt Paul Gagnon Pfc Godfrey Olten Jr were reinterred following years of search spurred by Mollie Johnston of North Carolina.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Guadalcanal
Mollie Johnston
Littleton
N.C
Johnston
Pacific
Pfc
David W. Johns
Johnstown
Eugene Johnston
John F. Suggs
Richlands
Paul E. Gagnon
Augusta
Maine
Godfrey Olten Jr
Winston-Salem M.C
2Nd Battalion
7Th Marines
1St Marine Division
Matanikau River
Point Cruz
Marine Corps
Johnson
Y. Timothy Kwaimani
G.E. Hunter
U.S.M.C
Kwaimani
1St Marine Division Association
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian