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When the Grass Stops Growing: A Memoir of the Second World War
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62718" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Higgins</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Benjamin Franklin</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th Ranger Battalion (Company F)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Technical Sergeant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19051627</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Philippines 1945</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Los Angeles, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 01.10.1922, Temecula, California, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 years high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Eagle Rock Elementary School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Long Beach High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation Attendants, filling stations and parking lots.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>05.02.1941 entered service Fort MacArthur San Pedro, California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Aunt & Uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Chappell, 2312 Norwalk Avenue</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>16.09.1945 discharged</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23.11.1945 married Bonne Van Hooser (1927-1981)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 daughter (Kay Lynn (1946-2017))</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1970 married Evelyn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 stepsons, 1 stepdaughter</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>formerly Long Beach Police Department</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 09.12.1971 (Aged 49)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA. Plot 140, 7 R</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-higgins.38539/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38539-268fcbd341c823cf4e1315cbafc4bf87.jpg?1688394318" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/b-higgins-grave.38555/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38555-555004d8fb7a8ce6b2c523e6a0bb5432.jpg?1688504042" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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