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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
The WSC Music Education major from Colville participated in the Battle of Tarawa (November 1943) with the United States Marines before suffering mortal wounds in the landing at Saipan in June 1944. He received a posthumous Silver Star for his leadership 
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
A native of Olympia, Washington, Robert Skillings Munn attended WSC from 1940-43 before entering the U.S. Army. He was killed in northwestern Italy on April 14, 1945.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
A WSC student from 1940-42, Toll Seike was a Nisei (second-generation Japanese) soldier who enlisted in the U.S. Army out of an internment camp in 1943. He was killed near Bruyères, in eastern France, on October 29, 1944.
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European Theater, U.S. ArmySummary
George Davidson was a star athlete and student leader at WSC before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1943. He was killed in action at Zweibrücken in March 1945.
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Pacific Theater, U.S. MarinesSummary
The Spokane native Don Carlos Hempstead studied Electrical Engineering at WSC from 1940-41 before entering the Marine Corps Reserve. Second Lieutenant Hempstead won the Navy Cross for his leadership in the landing on Parry Island (Marshall Islands) in Fe