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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. "Private First Class Samuell C. R. Smith of the Marines." UTA Libraries Digital Gallery. 1945. Accessed
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Private First Class Samuell C. R. Smith of the Marines. 1945. UTA Libraries Digital Gallery, https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20029203. Accessed
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-359
Identifier: 20029203
Title: Private First Class Samuell C. R. Smith of the Marines
Description: Shown here is a copy of framed portrait of Private First Class (Pfc.) Samuell C. R. Smith of the Marines. He is wearing marine uniform, facing front and smiling. He won the Bronze Star Medal for action on Iwo Jima. His citation was for heroic service in connection with operations against the enemy while serving in a communications section of a Marine infantry battalion on Iwo Jima February 19. His twin brother Private First Class (Pfc.) John J. S. Smith Jr., was killed on Iwo Jima on March 2 who was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. S. Smith Sr. of Sweetwater, Texas. Samuell's Bronze Star Medal has been received by his parents. He is now in a rest camp somewhere in the Pacific. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, August 8, 1945.
Date Created: 1945-08-03
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military, World Events
Subject Term: Smith, Samuell C. R. (PFC), Smith, John J. S., Jr. (PFC), Smith, J. J. S., Sr. (Mr.), Smith, J. J. S., Sr. (Mrs.), Military uniforms, Military personnel, Marines (Military personnel), United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945, War casualties, Victims, Medals, Awards, Military decorations, Purple Heart, Parents, Twins, Portrait photographs, Infantry
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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