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Profile Information
Name: Edward Thul Hometown/Headquarters:Blue Earth, Minnesota Date of Birth/Dates Active: October 15, 1924 Job Name/Branch of Military:1 st Marine Division Education/Commanding Officer:Threw High school

Friends
Friend #1 The president of the United States

Friend #2 Cpl. Mills (drill instructor)

Friend #3 Norm Simonson (good friend) Friend #4 Don Mosely (broke my shoulder rollerskating) Friend #5 Sargent Metcalf (I got my arm amputated)

About Me
Paragraph 1 On January 13, 1943 I had to leave my family because I was sworn into the US Marine in Minneapolis. I had to leave around 5:00pm. I went to the Milwaukee train depot located near the Federal Building, where we boarded a train and that took us to the Marine Recruit depot. The depot was in San Diego, Calif.

Paragraph 2

I arrived at the Marine Recruit. I got there during the night. The first thing that I experienced was chow time. The number one lesson was to eat what you take and take what you eat. We spent 13 weeks in the boot camp. While we had boot camp the weather was generally good, but we did have a few rainy days.

Paragraph 3 I had to memorize the general order and I got one wrong I had to write all the general letters 100 times. In retrospect during boot camp we learned some hard but good lessons. After six weeks we were transferred to Camp Elliott.

Wall Posts

 * Wall Post #1: I landed in Pauuuu- 1941


 * Wall Post #2: Joined the Marines- 1938


 * Wall Post #3: I got married while I was serving -1940

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 * Wall Post #4 Pauuuu Lavender liver- 1939