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Niece remembers life of WWII vet who will be part of Wexford honor wall


CADILLAC — Since 2017, Gary Taylor has been searching.
He has been looking at physical records. He has been looking online. He also has looked at pictures. The information he is seeking has to do with the men who served their country during times of conflict.
All these men have two things in common. All are from Wexford County and all never had the chance to come home to embrace their loved ones or be welcomed home in a big parade. Instead, they made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. They all were killed in action defending the United States, its principles and its people. ....

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Lost for Decades, a Marine World War II Hero Finally Comes Home


Lost for Decades, a Marine World War II Hero Finally Comes Home
A plaque on a memorial site hangs to commemorate the Battle of Tarawa on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, June 19, 2017. (MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos/U.S. Marine Corps)
19 Apr 2021
The Los Angeles Times
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Gustavo Arellano
LOS ANGELES The word came in the morning, as Grace Cruz and her children gathered at the family home in Boyle Heights on Christmas Eve, 1943.
Her oldest son, Jacob, was dead.
A telegram from the United States Marines said the 18-year-old private was killed in action but divulged little else. The ongoing Pacific campaign meant Jacob would be buried in a temporary grave in the Tarawa Atoll, where he and more than 1,000 other Marines and sailors died fighting the Imperial Japanese Army. ....

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