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Letter, 1942 February 24, to Mr. James Barr

出版	1942
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jzwrzAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Woodrow Wilson Barr entered the Marine Corps on January 13, 1942, and received his training at Parris Island, followed by a stint at Quantico. Assigned to the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division: he was promoted to Private First Class on May 1 : in his short seven months in the Corps he served at Guadalcanal and Watchtower and later at Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. It was here he was one of forty-five Marines killed in action as the U.S. recaptured that island from the Japanese on August 7, 1942. Pfc. Barr received the Silver Star (for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action") and the Purple Heart, posthumously, in addition to the Presidential Citation (1942) and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1942)