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^frlca.With Marines In Pacific BattlesPvt. Clifford S. Babcock, U. S. Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Bussell of Win- 1 cr street and grancson of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Griflln of Randolph, enlisted in. tie Marine Corps on Sept. 4, 1942*! his 17th birthday and in December of that year was orderec to seaj duty.Parris Island, S, .C.. and then was He took his -basic training at gtaLionrd at Sea School, Portsmouth, l vn.. before being ordered to active i duty. r 'tJ Pvt. Babcock is a 20 mm. gunner f and has been n several air' at- tacks/ as well lr participating in, j the battles for the G.ftierts, Nauru, r the Marshalls find other Pactflc areas. :In a recent letir to Mr. and Mis. ■Russell, Pvt. Babcdck's corporal, who I . Is now in California. wro;et' “Cllf! ' has done well as a vgunner. ■ . . . Liberty for him- consists of swim-ming. a little baseball arid exploring formerly Jap-he'd islands/*
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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Maine, US
Fri, Jun 02, 1944
Page 4
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