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Show Milton SearleHome Searle SearleHome Home After Afte After11 Afterr After11ree TKreeYear r xee xeeYear ree Year * . : in 1 ur 1tP"ci tP"ci tPci tP"cic tP"ciMUton Pacific Picific P PacificMUton " icific icificMilton ; c MUton Milton Harold earte 2earle earle , uteri tw twentyyear-old twentyyear old y , . year-old year old - - veteran of the th battle ot od otTarawa odTarawa oTarawa Tarawa , Guadalcanal Guadalcana " ' and Att4 Audd ; othermajor otb.er otber other . otb.ermajor etbamajor major Pacific PacWc engagements engageineutb e Is Isspehdlng isspetidtng 1spehding spehdlng spetidtng a few t"w tw fpw " days d IJ ) of ot his hta leavihere leave leavehere leavehere here with his h1a brother'Woody brotherWoody brothers * . , ' + Wood.1 Wood1 Woody . BCarl a . B . , Oarl Carl B E and Ray before1 before before'reportlniback beforereportlniback * ' OttI a iepottIg ' : iepottIgback ack back to San Diego DIeSO for . further otd- otd ord- ord otd8 otdI otdThe ordex ord-et ord et - I F / ex 8 s sF sThe The youthful youthtul hero , . who trrb0 has baa tat- tat Ink- Ink taten Inken tak taken - en part pan In to five campaigns campaIa'nJ campaIanJ ' In the theSOuth theSouth theSouth SOuth Pacific Pac11lo Is a pharmacist's pharmacists p1W pbbrmadstb 1adat : . ' " matelist mate mateIrst aaafirst Irst list class dasa in the navy nAV1 ' < , < , ned1cal medlcai ) ned1calI ned1calcorps medicalcorp medlcaicorps corps * and has a presidential prea1denUal cita dta- dta sta- sta dtaUon stalion citation - tion Uon lion awarded . a as * a member nieinber of the therust thefirst thefirst I rust first group to strike strite .trite trite . at the Japein .Japa Japa Japs . , , In Guadalcanal Ouadalcanal On this tb1s campaign cam- cam campaign campaign * - - paign he was In one ne of the first firstthree firstthree firstthree three landing barges batIe ' to land on onthe onthe onthe the . Island I.81and I81and He reports repoJ1s that . . durfna during durfnathe duringthe duringthe the battle of or Tarawa where the theUnited theUnited th thUnited < United States suffered an lntens Intense Intenseloss Intenseloss lntensloss < loss of their invasion . .force force . The Thebodies Thebodies Thbodies * bodies were to In such IUCh numDers nwnuers UWnnera one onecould onecould onecould could walk on the beach and aDd nevertouch never nevertouch nevertouch touch the sand sandIn sandIn sandIn In New Zeiaod Zeland he saw AeaJohnson Asa AsaJohnson AsaJohnson Johnson , . LeGrande LeQrande LeOrande Hadlock JIadloek Sadlock and andPhillip andPhUUp Ph Phillip Up Engcr Enger and reports reporta they an all alllooked anlooked looked fine ftoe ftoePrior finePrior , . , prior to his h1s enllstaent enl1sIIDent enlistment In the thenavy thenavy navy In 1MO 1940 he was a student atthe at , | the Ulntah U1ntah Uintah High School BchoOl and was wasactive wasgctlve ctlve active ! In dramatics dramat1e & . He Is the tb son of Mrs l\IrIJ l IrIJ \ W H IL . ILHoward H.Howard HHoward . Howard a former ronner Vemalite Vernal1te Vernallte nowresiding now nowresiding nowresiding residing at a t Oakland . , California Oallfomta . . |