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Robert Chrisco |
| Section: CULTURE / HERITAGE |
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| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2002 |
| Size: 309 Words, 1,745 Characters |
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Late in the summer of 1941, 13-year-old Robert Chrisco heard the drums of the coming war. He went to see his Marine recruiter at the post office in Walla Walla, Washington. Chrisco did not like farm life and at 5'10" f...
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...rom working on the farm he could drive a truck and fix an engine--or an artillery piece.
When he visited his family on leave in 1943, his father, worried about his safety, gave him a birth certificate so he could prove he was underage and get discharged. Instead, he fought in five European campaigns, became an officer, and served for forty years, retiring as a full colonel.--P.S.
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