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Marine Corps Career of Pete Wrenn Shaped by War and Family
Pete Wrenn left a seasonal coal town job in 1940 to enlist in the Marine Corps. He served across Cuba, Samoa, New Guinea, Peleliu, Luzon, and Okinawa, rising to sergeant and earning gunnery duties in a machine-gun platoon. After World War II he married Cecilia Oxsthakt, settled in Hagerstown, and remains involved with recruiting efforts while his brothers followed Army and Navy paths.
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Pete
Marine Corps
Jonestown
Ub. S. Marine Corps
Marines
Navy
Army
Cuba
U. S
Pacific
Samoa
1St Marine Division
Australia
New Guinea
Goodenough
First Marine Division
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Reat
Pavavi
Bolomone
Pelelly
Philippines
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Youtan
Wrenn
Greenville
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Cecilia
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Ridenour
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U.S. Mlc