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Submitted: 8/6/08 • Approved: 4/26/23 • Last Updated: 4/29/23 • R40867-G0-S3
Arkansas
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS 231 Field Artillery
Americal Division
World War II
May 20, 1923 - August 08, 1945
Son of John Wesley Alphin and Birdie Lucinda (Land) Alphin Mondy. James C Mondy step-father to Dallas Gene Alphin.
Note: The 23rd Infantry Division, initially, and more commonly known as, the Americal Division, of the United States Army was activated 27 May 1942 on the island of New Caledonia.[1][2] In the immediate emergency following Pearl Harbor, the United States had hurriedly sent a task force to defend New Caledonia against a feared Japanese attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
Contributed on 8/6/08 by pjchadwick
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