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California soldier died in a WWII prison camp; 80 years later, he s coming home

While serving in the Philippines during World War II, U.S. Army Air Corps Pfc. Glenn Harris was captured, forced to walk in the Bataan Death March and held as a prisoner at a camp more than 7,000 miles away from his home on the Central Coast. He would never return to California until now.

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Central Coast soldier died in a WWII prison camp Now 80 years later, he s coming home

More than 80 years after Pfc. Glenn Harris death, the fallen soldier is finally coming home.

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Thomas Franklin Brooks

United States Army Private First Class Thomas Franklin Brooks, “Frank” to his family and friends, died Dec. 10, 1942, at the age of 23, during World War II while a

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Central Coast soldier died in a WWII prison camp Now 80 years later, he s coming home

A procession beginning in Paso Robles will honor the Army private, who died in the Philippines after the Bataan Death March.

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WWII soldier s remains to be buried in California | San Luis Obispo Tribune

WWII soldier s remains to be buried in California | San Luis Obispo Tribune
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