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Marine veteran returns home from Pacific duty
Marine Sgt. John W. Howard former aviation ordnance man is welcomed home after a year and a half overseas in the Solomons and Philippines. He recalls Guadalcanal and Guam with three overseas stars, heads to Quantico February 16, and his brother Edward, a Navy seaman, prepares for overseas service.
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John W. Howard
John C. Howard
Irving Street
South Pacific
Solomons
Philippines
Joliet
Norma Jean
St. Mary's School
Guadalcanal
Russell Islands
New Hebrides
Guam
Howard
Bud" Scheidt
Knox Place
Art” Rimmke
Pearl Harbor
Quantico