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Podcast: Veterans Chronicles
Episode: Cpl Kenneth Wells, USMC, World War II, Okinawa
Description: Kenneth Wells was planning to join the U.S. Navy in World War II but the U.S. Marine Corps recruiter at the office told him he was joining the Marines instead. And so he did. His background as an athlete and working on the family farm helped Wells do well in boot camp. Soon he would be halfway around the world, fighting in some of the toughest combat in World War II on the island of Okinawa.In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Wells explains how he did not end up getting deployed with his original unit...