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World War II
Of War and Remembrance from Concho County, Texas
Abilene
Reporter
Of
War and Remembrance 11.11.05
Elvin
Mathis
Age: 84
Current residence:
Abilene
Entered service:
Paint Rock, age 22
Branch of service:
Marine Corps
Years of service in
the war: 1943-45
Where served:
New Guinea, Angaur,
Guam,
Okinawa
Medals: Ribbon for
Battle of Angaur; Ribbon for end of WW II
A World War II
Memory: ''In August 1944, we left
Hawaii
and went south of the equator near
New Guinea
. Then we went to the
island
of
Angaur
where the U.S. Army was gradually driving out the
Japanese. After 10 1/2 months there, I was sent to the
island
of
Guam
. I was there when our Air Force dropped the atomic
bombs on
Hiroshima and on
Nagasaki
three days later. The Japanese surrendered soon
afterward.''
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