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The Dam Busters
By Paul Brickhill
The Jungle Is Neutral
By F. Spencer Chapman
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 61150" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Rankin</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richard Ernest</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd Ranger Battalion (Company A) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corporal</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>33573253</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>Europe</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Altoona County, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 02.04.1924, Home, Pennsylvania, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Harry Clair Rankin (1898-1981)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Roxie E. (nee Perry) Rankin (1903-1983)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 years high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation semiskilled occupations in production of rubber goods</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.06.1942 draft card Indiana, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>18.02.1943 entered service Altoona, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12.1944 WIA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.1945 WIA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11.03.1946 discharged</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>08.03.1950 resided Wayne, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Lucy Lolli Rankin (1923-????)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 sons Richard E. & John P. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 daughters Elizabeth, Mary & Julia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1986 retired from RCA (35 years service)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1992 resided 2162 Tulip Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvnia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 11.09.1999, (Aged 75) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Saint Josephs New Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bausman, Pennsylvania, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-rankin.37587/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/37/37587-1716ca7232e226c4fb5001e6148f333b.jpg?1663007518" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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