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Veteran's Name: Burtis Lee Price
Rank: Private
Divison/Unit: 88th Infantry Division
Service Branch: Army
Conflict: World War II
Shared By: eldlp on 10/11/07
Rank: Private
Divison/Unit: 88th Infantry Division
Service Branch: Army
Conflict: World War II
Shared By: eldlp on 10/11/07
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My Father, Burtis Lee Price, had a job that would have kept him out of the war, but he must have had a conviction that he should join the Army. I am amazed that he was a rifleman in an infantry division at the age of 35. He was able to take a shower on May 26, 1944, which was his 35th birthday. I have always wanted to know more about his military service, but I was taken aback when I realized how old he was.
submitted: 10/11/2007
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