ROBERT J. BURNS
Corporal

 

 

 

Entered service August 17, 1942…Trained at Indiantown Gap, Pa.
May, June, July, 1943..Served at Fort Dix, Fort Hamilton, O.M. Camp Kilmer, 200 Port Co., Indiantown Gap, Camp Stoneman, Honolulu, Leyte, Okinawa, Korea…14 days trip from Korea to Seattle…Met Al Bliss in Hawaii.. Awards: Ribbon for Leyte and Okinawa…Date of discharge December 21, 1945…Graduated New Milford Junior High School 1938.

New Milford in World War II
Teresa M. Martin
Copyright May 30, 1947
Background
A U.S. Marine charges forward through Japanese machine gun fire on Okinawa. Marines and infantry of the U.S. 10th Army controlled three-quarters of Okinawa three weeks after landing on the island on March 31, 1945.

 

 

 

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