Don Moore

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Marine Pfc. Frank Garcia attacked in first wave at Iwo Jima

In Purple Heart, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on June 1, 2012 at 4:38 am

Pfc. Frank Garcia is pictured in the back row, second from the right in this Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper published during World War II. Photo provided

A week after the Japanese bombed the Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, dragging the United States into World War II, Frank Garcia joined the U.S. Marine Corps. Read the rest of this entry »

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