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Last Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
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Last Service Branch
Transportation Corps
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Last MOS Group
Transportation
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Service Years
1942 - 1945
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1918 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Marvin Hedgecoth -Family
to remember
Hedgecoth, Kenneth, T/5.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
St Charles,VA |
Last Address
44th St Cedar Rapids, IA
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Date of Passing
Nov 29, 1968 |
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Location of Interment
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery - Cedars Rapids, Iowa |
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Reflections on T/5 Hedgecoth's
US Army Service
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT INFLUENCED HIS/HER DECISION TO JOIN THE ARMY?
Everyone was going to war in 1942 in the US. The whole country was involved in the military effort to defeat the germans & the japs .
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IF HE/SHE PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE YOU FEEL WERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO HIM/HER AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY.
Ken went back to the Philippines with MacArthur via Papaun, New Guinea, & South Philippines
Jungle rot on the feet & terrible jungle fighting for many months.
Health was not good and it shortened his life Dead at age 50 in 1968.
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OF ALL THEIR DUTY STATIONS OR ASSIGNMENTS, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY HE/SHE HAD FONDEST MEMORIES OF AND WHY? WHICH WAS THEIR LEAST FAVORITE?
The fondest memory was of the Filipino People of Subic Bay & coming home through Hawaii.
The least favorite was being strafed by a Jap Zero on a beach in New Guinea . Taking cover behind a small rock and bullets flying on both sides.
In Manila he opened a door and the Jap soldier had the drop on him but a American GI flame thrower ended that standoff.
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FROM THEIR ENTIRE MILITARY SERVICE, DESCRIBE ANY PERSONAL MEMORIES, YOU MAY BE AWARE OF, WHICH IMPACTED HIM/HER THE MOST.
Did not talk about the war unless prodded. Very quiet most of the time.
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