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Irving Maxwell
| "There was just the 3 of us there - the
wounded fella and another one of our medics...and I were working on
him and the shells were hitting..." |
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Name: Irving M. Maxwell
Date of Birth: 6/3/24
Branch of Service: Army
Dates of Service: February, 1943 to January, 1946
Location of Military Service: South Pacific |
Mr. Maxwell served in the Pacific during World War II in
the
37th Infantry
Division. He was a medic in the "Buckeye Division". Spent
much of the time at the
Pasig River in
Manila. He was wounded in
action and received the
Purple Heart,
American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 2 Bronze
Stars, Bronze Arrowheads, and World War II Victory Medal. He
achieved the rank of T/5 (Technician 5th Grade). |
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