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Joliet Marines Fight Together Twenty Months
A Joliet unit of Marines stationed on a South Pacific island has served together since 1942. Pfc. Joseph McKeon, Corp. Louis Dedinski, Pfc. Emil Mickey Dedinski, Pfc. Red Thomas, and Pfc. John Petro, all from Joliet, joined in Guadalcanal and Bougainville campaigns. They left Joliet in September 1942 and deployed overseas the next January. A 100 pound daisy cutter narrowly missed Dedinski and Mekheon, leaving them unharmed.
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Joliet
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Pattles
Joseph McKeon
Clay Street
Corp
Louis
al) Dedinski
Emil
Mickey
Cassestre
Red Thomas
John Petro
Gregory Avenue