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Marines Reply to Detractors From Saipan Mission
Letter from Saipan dated July 14 defends the 2nd Marine Division against jeers from The Staff Sergeant Iron and a reader in New Zealand and Australia. It highlights presidential citations for bravery at Tarawa and in 1942, notes campaign awards, and urges pride in the Marine Corps while warning against disrespectful criticism. Signed names include Simec Joliet, Teeters Keokuk, Rome Donaldsonville, Holmes Joliet, Lawson Owosso, Daly Rhilly, Zamkovitz Rockdale.
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Siapan
Southwest Pacific
Iron
2Nd Marine Division
Marine Corps
Pal
Cane
Tarawa
Buddy
Saipan
Robert J. Simec
Vine St
Joliet
George Teeters
Keokuk
Towa
Royce J. Rome
Donaldsonville
Lawrence S. Holmes
Ill
William L. Lawson
Owosso
Mich
George Daly
aRhiily
Penn ‘Corp
Nicholas Zamkovitz
Rockdale