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Pvt. Eddie Lanagan, USMC, 1919

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Pvt. Eddie Lanagan, USMC, 1919
Photo was taken in Koblenz, Germany. It was the only time in my grandfather's life when he gained weight from all the German beer and potatoes that they were fed. He survived being wounded and gassed during the Battle of Belleau Wood in July 1918 when he was with the 76th Co. 6th Marines with the Indian Head Division.
Date & Place: in Koblenz, RP Germany
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Edward P Lanagan
Edward P Lanagan of Cape Coral, Lee County, FL was born on February 16, 1896 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 91 years old on November 25, 1987 in St Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL. Edward Lanagan was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 2461 Lake Avenue, in Rochester, Monroe County, New York US.
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