Keywords: Saipan Island
Item 25962
Margaret Chase Smith on Tutwilla Island, 1944
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1944 Media: Photographic print
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Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2
"… the enemy” during the assault and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the second highest award given by the United States."
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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima