Disabled American Veterans: Taking Care of the Greatest Generation in Their Golden Years
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
ERLANGER, Kentucky, Nov. 10 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
As recent high school graduates in 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, James Blane and a few of his friends knew that military service was in their immediate future. To avoid having the draft control their fate, they decided to go to Chicago and enlist in the Marine Corps.
Blane was quickly shipped off to boot camp, became a clerk and joined the 4th Marine Division in Hawaii shortly after. The di . . .
As recent high school graduates in 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, James Blane and a few of his friends knew that military service was in their immediate future. To avoid having the draft control their fate, they decided to go to Chicago and enlist in the Marine Corps.
Blane was quickly shipped off to boot camp, became a clerk and joined the 4th Marine Division in Hawaii shortly after. The di . . .