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Photographer: Mary Thurman
Taken: June 8, 2007
Caption: William D. Watson marker
Additional Description: War: World War II
Date of Birth: February 18, 1921Place of Birth: Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama
Entered Service: Arkansas
Service at time of action: U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Unit at time of action: Company D, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
Rank at time of action: Private
Date of action: February 26-27, 1945
Place of action: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
Date of Presentation: October 5, 1945
Place of presentation: The White House
Presented by: President Harry Truman
Submitted: February 3, 2013, by Mary Thurman of Wheelerville,, Missouri.
Database Locator Identification Number: p232823
File Size: 1.133 Megabytes

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