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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Enlisted 8/19/1942 - Discharged 1/30/1946


Philip J. Bentzel, T. Sgt.

Enlisted 8/19/1942 - Discharged 1/30/1946

Was at Camp Lejune for training and then to the California Coast.  Headed to the South Pacific, crossing the International Date Line 7/9/1943 and engaged in battle and invasion  @ Guadalcanal mop up, Bouganville D. Day - Guam D. Day and Okinawa D. Day, after that was then off to China for 3 months.  Embarked on the ship USS Bland for home, took  39 days to return home.



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