Died: 07/31/2010
Branch: Army
Commendation:
War Served: Korean, WW II
Rank: Colonel
Battles: Solomon Islands
Unit/Ship: 169th Infantry Regiment
Served In: Camp Blanding, FL; Camp Shelby, MS; New Zealand; Guadalcanal; Russell Islands; Solomon Islands; New Georgia; Germany, South & Central Pacific Theater of Operations.

Citation: Higgins, Sr., John J., Veterans History Project Interview, October 22, 2007, by Michelle Delvecchio, Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University.

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