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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Paul R. Gibson

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Naples, Florida

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE JOINED THE MARINES AT 16 BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SEE CHINA. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF GUADALCANAL AND TARAWA AND WAS AMONG THE FIRST U.S. TROOPS IN NAGASAKI, JAPAN, AFTER THE CITY HAD BEEN LEVELED BY AN ATOMIC BOMB NEAR THE END OF THE WAR. STATIONED IN SHANGHAI.