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With Marines In• * % *Pacific Battles ••Pvt. Clifford S Babcock, U. S. Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal-old E. Bussell of Win- ’ ■cr street and grant son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griffin of Randolph. enlisted In. tie Marine Corpi on Sept. 4,1942J his 17th birthday and In December of that vcar was ordcrec to sea; duty.Parris Island. S. C.. and then was He took his -basic training at staitonrd at Sea School, Portsmouth.Yu.. before being ordered to activeduty. * 'Pvt. Babcock is a 20 mm. gunner and has been n several air' attacks.* as well lr participating jnthe battles for the G lherts. Naum, the Marshalls find other Pact fie areas. ::In a recent letter to Mr, and Mis. Russell, Pvt. Babcock s corporal, who; is now In California, wro,e*- CHf! has done well as a * gunner. . . .1 Liberty for him, consists of swimming. a little boaebnll arid exploring! formerly Jap-he|d Islands.The Idea fofj the helicopter’s
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Fri, Jun 02, 1944
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