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Ira R.
Schilling, PFC
U. S. Marines
Dates of Service: 10/07/1941 - 10/09/1945 Demolition Specialist, 2nd Marine Division http://www.oralhistory.ws/tpl/norton_audio.php?file=29feade7ebada6153ce2b328f5ea4f9d800fcd81.mp3
When he listened to the enemy that night, Ira Schilling was an 18-year-old marine fighting on Guadalcanal in 1943. He would survive Guadalcanal and future battles on Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian, and return to Shreveport to become a minister.
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