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Staff Sgt. Solomon Blechman, USMC
530 Palmer Avenue, Village of Mamaroneck
Age: 23
Mamaroneck Class of 1938
Union College Class of 1942
Third Division
Awards: Purple Heart
Sgt. Blechman, a Marine Corps combat correspondent, was fatally wounded as he hit the beach with the Third Division on Guam on July 21, 1944. Evacuated to a hospital ship, he died the same day and was buried at sea. Sgt. Blechman is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Shlomo, Ruth and Melissa
Letters to Editor of Life Magazine
Letters to Editor of Life Magazine
Cyril O’Brien on YouTube about Guam
Recommended reading: Read the Flamethrower by Bryan Mark Rigg for more information on Solomon Blechman, Iwo Jima Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Marine Woody Williams and his controversial award, Japan’s holocaust and the Pacific War.
O'Brien - Friend of Solomon
O'Brien - Friend of Solomon
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