Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....PURCELL, SGT WILLIAM P 
WWII U.S MARINES
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 August 6, 2011, 12:45 pm

BROTHER CORDELE WOMAN LEADS JAP ATTACK ON CAPE
SGT WILLIAM P PURCELL NATIVE GEORGIAN, AND BROTHER OF MRS D H WILEY SR OF CORDELE
RECENTLY LED SEVEN MEMBERS F A MARINE SQUADRON WHICH KILLED NINETEEN JAPS IN THIRTY
MINUTES TIME.
 THE STORY IS HOW SEVEN MEMBERS OF A MARINE SQUAD ACCOUNTING FOR 19 JAPS IN 30
MINUTES OF HEAVY FIGHTING ON CAPE TOROKINA HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY TOLD. IN THE ACTION
THE SQUAD ELIMINATED 4 PILLBOXES AND PICKED OFF SEVERAL SNIPERS, ACCORDING TO AN
ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION BY A MARINE CORPS COMBAT CORRESPONDENT THE LEATHERNECKS LED BY
PLATOON SGT PIRCELL OF TOCCOA,GA. LANDED ON THE CAPE IN THE FIRST WAVE AND WENT
ABOUT THEIR TASK WITH THE EFEINCYOF HANG MEN.
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