Description: John was part of the occupying forces for a short period and this was in the scrapbook. Corporal John R. Curran #35093223 was a Surgeon with the 221st Medical Company attached to the 11th Airborne Division. He enlisted in July of 1942 from Indianapolis, Indiana and was stationed at Camp Mackall prior to deployment to the Pacific theater, where he was involved in campaigns in New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon and the Liberation of Manila and the Philippines, before finally being stationed in Japan after the War until deactivation. He receive a Purple Heart for action in Luzon.His campaign was dutifully documented in a scrapbook by his mother, to which this was a part. It includes pieces documenting his progress such as enlistment papers and programs from events like football games, boxing matches and church service programs from his initial enlistment in Brazil, Indiana through training at Camp Mackall and reserve at Camp Polk, deployment to New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Manila and finally occupied Japan.The majority of the scrapbook is being offered together with many personal photos, documents etc. of him as collected through the war, with select pieces or groups offered individually. I will be listing these items periodically so if interested please stay tuned to my listings and reference his name or the 11th airborne when doing a search on eBay for these items.H16
Price: 19.95 USD
Location: Alexandria, Kentucky
End Time: 2023-11-12T04:35:47.000Z
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