Hell's Hollow battle on Okinawa tests Marines resolve
Marines endure a brutal ambush in Hell's Hollow on Okinawa where Lt. Peter Juntenen and Lt. Rawle DeLand die aiding downed comrades. Pfc. Joseph Staffa and Hospital Apprentice Betz are among the wounded as the company clings to ridges under heavy Japanese fire.
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Hell's Hollow
Leatherneck
Joseph Staffa
New Haven
Conn
Eugene F. Woolney
Trenton
Mich
Peter J. Juntenen
New York
N. Y
Rawle DeLand
Scarsdale
M. Y
Juntenen
Navy
Robert J. Betz
Sioux City
Iowa
Betz
Local Social News From Garysburg Area
Miss Annie Grant visits sister in Greenville County. Mrs J B Collier and son Raymond visit Weldon. Mrs W L Alston of Weldon visits Raleigh. Mr and Mrs N Ferguson and family guests of Mr and Mrs Thompson. Mrs Lebron Jordan visits grandmother Mrs Pat Camp. Mrs Lucy Moody visits here recently. Mrs L A Harris and children visit Mrs Blanche Walker.
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J. B. Collier
Raymond
Weldon
W. L. Alston
Raleigh
N. Ferguson
Thompson
Lebron Jordan
Pat Camp
Lucy Moody
L. A. Harris
Blanche Walker
S Sgt Andrew L Ferguson Arrives for Convalescence at Camp Butner
S/Sgt. Andrew L. Ferguson, of Emporia Virginia and Roanoke Rapids North Carolina, arrived at Camp Butner's Nation's largest General and Convalescent Hospital for further treatment after injuries in Belgium with the 7th Armored Division. He served nine and a half months in the European theatre and is a Purple Heart recipient.
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Andrew L. Ferguson
P. M. Ferguson
Wav
Emporia
Gracie Ferguson
Vance Street
Roanoke Rapids
Camp Butner
N. C
Ferguson
7Th Armored Division
Belgium
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Okinawa
Hells Hollow
Sgt
Joseph P. Donahue
Marine Corps
William G. Hudson
Birmingham
Ala
Garysburg News
Annie Grant
R. H. Garner
Greenville County
Sergt. Ferguson
Schenley Distillers Corp
New York City
Gscat
Coloniae
California
Long Island
Hurff
Whitehouse Coffee
Geneva
Preston
Ritter
Jar del Monte
Packer
Mott’s
Bowman's
Gibb
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