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His service included the Asiatic Pacific Theater from June 17, 1944 to December 23, 1945, Iheya Shima on June 9-10, 1944, Aguna on June 13-16, 1944, and Siapan July 14-24, 1944. Mark suffered no recorded wounds; however he contracted Malyria, and another stomache visus, which hospitalized him and threatened his life. He always felt that this suffering should have earned him the purple heart. His family loved him as if he had!
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