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Show First Marine to Visit Guam Is Real, Live Hero to Inhabitants' WASHINGTON, Nov 20. Guam has a j 'real live war hero at last: According to the advices received at Marine Corps headquarters here. Sergeant George W. Murphee, t'nited States murines, has ai rived at the American possession ewa out In the middle of the Pacific ocenn and ihe Inhabitants hae had their first opportunity to hear of the world war from one who actually fought at the front in France. Although a marine corp6 garrison is maintained on tho Island, they had been marooned amid the pleasant tropical sur- ' roundlngs during the war, and none haJ I erved In France A copy of the Gu:im News Letter, reeched at headquarters, show ;hat all were eager to hear aboiu the big show" from one who played a I port in it, Murphee was In the thick of all the battles In which the marines took part. He was, given a roal welcome when he stepped off the transport But thns who crowded around to hear him tell his story were at first disappointed, for he was struck dumb by the ovation he received Hostilities nvre a thing of the distant put, and in the I'nited States the ar- , rival of veterans had long slnoo ceased to cause a ripple of excitement Hence, Bfurphree expected to slip into his new ' station unnoticed, but everyone from governor to buck private, insisted tbat h tell them all about his adventures. Taps had to be foregone at the marine mar-ine barracks that night, as It was long, long after ten o'clock beforo they would allow Murphreo to turn in Murphr?". Who is an old-time marine, roqnestri duty in Guam after returning fro-1 I France. He had served on the beautiful island before, and liked the life. oo |