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Merle Arthur Hartwig 1945 - 2003

Merle Arthur Hartwig of Blue Springs, Jackson County, MO was born on July 3, 1945, and died at age 57 years old on January 5, 2003. Merle Hartwig was buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery/higginsville Section G Site 184 20109 Business Hwy 13, in Higginsville.
Merle Arthur Hartwig
Blue Springs, Jackson County, MO 64015
July 3, 1945
January 5, 2003
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  • 07/3
    1945

    Birthday

    July 3, 1945
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 01/5
    2003

    Death

    January 5, 2003
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Missouri Veterans Cemetery/higginsville Section G Site 184 20109 Business Hwy 13, in Higginsville, Mo 64037
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In 1945, in the year that Merle Arthur Hartwig was born, on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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In 1954, at the age of merely 9 years old, Merle was alive when from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. McCarthy hearings were held. The U.S. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. McCarthy and Cohn accused the U.S. Army of harboring communists. The Army allegations were found to be true. The U.S. Senate later censured McCarthy.
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