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Before They Were SEALs They Were Frogs
By William Dawson M.D.
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
By William Guarnere, Edward Heffron & Robyn Post
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 56932" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>LaPierre</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Raymond Rock</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11108044</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>born 14.5.1925 Southbridge, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Joseph R. LaPierre</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Aline (nee Trudeau)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Mary E. Wells High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Nichols College, Webster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 29.06.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 27.7.1944 Burma</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged 21.09.1945 (Private First Class)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24.09.1945 draft card Southbridge, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>owner, United Bread Company, Southbridge (sold it later)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Park Service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Independence National Park, Philadelphia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Boston National Historic Park, Boston</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alaska Regional Headquarters, Anchorage</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired to Cape Cod 1987</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Thelma M. Vantura (55 years) (2 daughters Michelle and Mona, 1 son Curtis)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>last residence Hyannis, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 27.12.2003 Hyannis, Massachusetts</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Section 38 Site 135</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-lapierre-grave.39697/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/39/39697-9c522ee3e83a8dd36e21ae20b53a4ef3.jpg?1704058175" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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