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WAR VET DATA
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SUBMITTED BY: HOST GFS WillM
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NAME:
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Owen C. Martin
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BRANCH OF SERVICE:
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U. S. Army
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FINAL RATE OR RANK:
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Colonel (Post Chaplain)
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DATE OF SERVICE ( IF KNOWN):
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August 15, 1944 - June 1965
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PLACE SERVED:
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Ft. Carson, Colorado - Phillippines Island - Korea -
Germany - Ft. Worth, TX - Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX - Ft. Ritchie, Maryland - Ft. Hood, TX - Ft. Greely, Alaska - Retired at Ft. Hood, TX
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MEDALS EARNED:
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Many awards, too many to list here.
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ANY UNUSUAL EVENTS:
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He was wounded while preparing for Sunday morning sermon when walking down a dirt road, a “Jap” ambushed him from behind a bush.
He was shot twice in the leg before the Jap realized that he was a “man of cloth”, the lone soldier walked up toward him, saw the cross on his colar and bowed down before him apologizing to him. He quickly got up and disappeared into the wooded area.
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ANY OTHER INFORMATION:
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Received the Purple Heart for wounds received during the Philippines Island conflict.
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RELATIONSHIP TO SENDER:
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Father
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THOSE WHOM SUPPORTED AT HOME
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