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Towle, John Paris Then Home
John W. Towle was given a jeep ride after leaving the Bovary family and arrived in Paris at the 15th Air Force headquarters.
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Towle, John Postwar
John W. Towle returned home to Tennessee and married his wife in May 1945.
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Towle, John Scotland and Leave in London
John W. Towle spent time in Scotland after arriving from the United States on the Queen Elizabeth.
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Towle, John Shot Down and Aided by a French Family
John W. Towle was flying towards his target with its flying bombs.
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Townsend, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected.
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Townsend, Joseph Kamikaze Attack
Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician.
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Townsend, Joseph Newspaper Routes
Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two sisters.
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Townsend, Joseph Postwar Life
Joseph Townsend remembers the other port city he went to was Alexandria [Annotator’s Note: Alexandria, Egypt].
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Townsend, Joseph Prewar Life
Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.] Townsend was a Catholic altar boy.
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Townsend, Joseph Reflections
Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join.
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Townsend, Joseph War's End
Joseph Townsend started to lose his teeth in 1955. The dentist told him that all his teeth were cracked at the ridge.
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Townsend, Joseph Wounded at Sea
Joseph Townsend went to the sick bay in Pearl [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]. Townsend was x-rayed and they could not find anything.