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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: TomSea on September 23, 2018, 03:10:58 am
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Remains of Sanborn Marine killed in WWII identified
NICK HYTREK nhytrek@siouxcityjournal.com 3 hrs ago (0)
SANBORN, Iowa -- Ardis Dummett recalls traveling to California to see her brother Merton Riser before he shipped out to cross the Pacific Ocean and fight in World War II.
On one of those nights during the visit, Riser came to the hotel room in which Dummett was staying with their mother, Elsie Riser. Proudly wearing his Marine dress uniform, he was quite a sight.
"He enlisted. He didn't want to be drafted. He wanted to be a Marine. He was very proud," Dummett said.
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Read more at: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/remains-of-sanborn-marine-killed-in-wwii-identified/article_82a4aa69-cd59-58d2-9341-8161c4791b7e.html
South Pacific..... what can one say, quite a man, quite a story.
"I don't think mother ever really got over it," Dummett said.