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Remembering Private Simpson

Record #:
3872
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Abstract:
Robert Edward Simpson of Morganton is representative of all the young men and women who were called to service in World War II and are remembered each November 11. A popular student and athlete in high school, he joined the Marines after graduation in 1944. He was killed in action March 8, 1945, on Iwo Jima.
Source:
Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 66 Issue 6, Nov 1998, p91-95, il, por