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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Jun 30, 1975
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PAUL W. TETER BUILT HOMES AROUND MARLINTON WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE HE ENLISTED ON 11 OCTOBER 1939. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A CARPENTER WITH THE 531ST FIGHTER SQUADRON, USAAF IN THE PACIFIC FROM 6 DECEMBER 1939 TO 13 AUGUST 1945. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 20 AUGUST 1945. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DATE OF PASSING AS JUNE OF 1975.
Description The war in the Central Pacific (7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of Midway, in which a great Japanese fleet was defeated. But another year and a half elapsed before American forces began an offensive against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. It was then, on 20 November 1943, that landings were made in the Gilberts, on Makin and Tarawa, with the Marines at the latter place becoming engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
