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Born on March 18, 1928, in Leeds, Alabama, Alford Lee McLaughlin attended school in Leeds until 1944 and then enlisted in the Marine Corps on May 3, 1945.After completing recruit training at Parris Island South Carolina, he served at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, until embarking for Guam in November 1945.
This list of cemeteries in Alabama includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II , it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million troops.
This cemetery was initially created for only the deceased German prisoners, but the Italian cemetery was closed prior to the death of three Italian prisoners. [ 3 ] Fort McClellan Post Cemetery is one of 21 American cemeteries listed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as containing interments of prisoners of war (POW) for one, or both ...
This war-time shuffling provided the major building blocks for a new division. The units were originally separated, however, with the 24th Marines and a variety of reinforcing units (engineer, artillery, medical, motor transport, special weapons, tanks, etc.) at Camp Pendleton in California. The rest of the units were at Camp Lejeune, North ...
More than 93,000 people have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows people to seek a payout for injuries caused by exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base from mid ...
Hwy 27 at Roselawn Cemetery (Exit 20 from I-10) Town & Country and Sulphur Garden Club May 28, 1994 LA Hwy 103 (Exit 25 from I-49) Washington Garden Club November 11, 1998 LA Hwy 383 City Hall Complex, Iowa Iowa Garden Club November 11, 2000 LA Hwy 90 at Tourist Center, Lake Charles (remounted after Hurricane Rita - 2005) photo
Last August, Congress passed into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allowed an estimated more than 1 million people exposed to the water to file a claim with the Navy. If the Navy didn’t ...