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Name
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Dalton Demoy Paxton
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Branch
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U.S. Army
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Rank
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(T4) Tech. Sgt.
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Home Town
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Iola, KS
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Wartime Service Dates
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1945-?
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Wartime Locations
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Japan
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Major Battles
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Military Service Dates
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1945-1948
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Unit
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871st Airborn Aviation Battlion (Subdiv. Far Eastern Airforce)
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Accomplishments
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His battlion was sent in to rebuild right after the nuclear bombs were dropped and treaty was signed. They endured fighting from the Japanese that didn't know the war was over. He was honorably discharged after he contracted tuberculosis while still in Japan. There was a time period after the battlion left for their mission that the Army considered them missing.
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Medals
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He had many medals but unable to locate them after a move.
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