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SOE: Churchill's Secret Agents
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17: The Death And Life Of Private Jason Burt
By Mark Higgitt
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30239" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Widdecke </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Charles Fred</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Raider Bn (Company F) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-8547</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Navy Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Guam 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 11.05.1919, Bryan, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Henry August Widdecke, Sr (1887-1959)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Josephine (nee Baker) (1891-1962)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Dallas, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Jane Ann (nee Perkins) Widdecke (1920-2004)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated University of Texas, Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.11.1941 commissioned Marine Corps as a second lieutenant</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>04.1942 joined 2nd Raider Battalion</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>commanded 1st Marine Division at end of Vietnam War</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1972 retired as Marine Corps Major General</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Navy Cross, Navy Distinguished Medal, Silver Star, 2 x Legion of Merit</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 13.05.1973 (Aged 54), Hospital Juan Maria Salvatierra, La Paz, Mexico due heart attack whilst of fishing trip</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/c-widdecke.35726/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35726-b35bbe04605c36c9a9c2991a68b083ff.jpg?1627752616" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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