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Schuyler County In World War Two
- Those Who Came Home -

Book owned by Kathleen Yanchick
transcribed by Sara Hemp

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Bonser, Harold V.
Gunner's Mate 2/c.
Ribbons: Asiatic-Pacific Theater with one bronze star. Served on USS Richmond (CL 9).






Booth, Mac E.

Captain (Pilot).
Still in service flying jet planes.







Booth, Rex K.
Private First Class (truck driver, light).
ribbons: European-American Theater with four bronze stars for the Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Three overseas bars and one service stripe. Re-enlisted 82nd Airborne Division.







Boruff, Robert C.
Techician Fifth Grade (Rifleman).
ribbon: European-American Theater with one silver star for the Rome-Arno, Southern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Bronze Arrowhead. Parachutist badge, 82nd Airborne Division. One service stripe and three overseas bars. Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.







Botts, Max E.
Private First Class (Clerk Typist).
Ribbon: European-American Theater with two bronze stars for the Rhineland and Ardennes campaigns. Unit Citation.







Botts, Robert H.
Technical Sergeant, Marine Corps.
Ribbon: Asiatic-Pacific Theater.  Awarded the Silver Star for courageeous action in the New Georgia Island battle. Purple Heart, February, 1945, Guam. Attached to the 6th Marine Division.







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