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Fire from the Forest: The SAS Brigade in France, 1944
By Roger Ford
Colonel Paddy
By Patrick Marrinan
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 58822" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corbett</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Alexander</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>First Lieutenant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-523960</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star,Purple Heart</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Chicago,Cook County,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 14.2.1922 Chicago,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Albert Sullenberger and Dora Winifred (nee Goodwin) Corbett</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Coe College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Infantry officer 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>trained Chinese Army</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Marauders</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 30.7.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>stockbroker,Hornblower and Weeks,Chicago 1946-63</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>cattle rancher,Arkansas 1965-73</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resident manager,Hornblower and Weeks-Hemphill,Noyes (San Diego,California)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>own real estate business,W.A. Corbett and Associates</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Letha Mae Taylor 8.12.1944 (4 daughters Linda,Louise,Jean and Joan)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 4.3.2015 Pinehurst,North Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-corbett.29847/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29847-b2163b272ddadb3e4fdc2b345b346e15.jpg?1591434663" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 58822, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Corbett[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]William Alexander[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]First Lieutenant[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]0-523960[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Bronze Star,Purple Heart[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Burma 1944[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Chicago,Cook County,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 14.2.1922 Chicago,Illinois[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Albert Sullenberger and Dora Winifred (nee Goodwin) Corbett[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]attended Coe College[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Infantry officer 1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]trained Chinese Army[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Marauders[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]WIA 30.7.1944 near Myitkyina,Burma[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]stockbroker,Hornblower and Weeks,Chicago 1946-63[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]cattle rancher,Arkansas 1965-73[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resident manager,Hornblower and Weeks-Hemphill,Noyes (San Diego,California)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]own real estate business,W.A. Corbett and Associates[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Letha Mae Taylor 8.12.1944 (4 daughters Linda,Louise,Jean and Joan)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 4.3.2015 Pinehurst,North Carolina[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-corbett.29847/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29847-b2163b272ddadb3e4fdc2b345b346e15.jpg?1591434663[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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