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Joseph was a private first class, U.S. Co C, 156th Infantry. He was inducted on June 22, 1942. He served overseas in the North African campaign, the Italian campaign and also spent time in England and France. He received 3 purple hearts and still had shrapnel in his body when he returned home. He was discharged at Camp McCoy, WI, on Aug 31 , 1945. ********** Obituary - Minneapolis Tribune March 1958 DOTOLO - Joseph L., age 49, of 7022 Sunset Road, New Brighton. Survived by wife, Mattie; daughter, Patricia; son, Eugene: mother, Mrs. John Dotolo, Sr., brother John, 4 sisters, Miss Virginia Dotolo, Mrs. Carl (Rose) Pheil, Mrs. L. B. (Gloria) House, all of Mpls.: Mrs. Charles (Angelina) Martin of Portland, Ore. Veteran of three years overseas duty in the Compat Infantry World War II. Employee of the postal service. Services Thurs., 9 o'clock Fox-Sullivan Funeral Parlors 2534 Central. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. ************ Notes from Joseph's son Eugene The records indicate he was in Co. C, 156th Infantry on his discharge papers, but when he was wounded he was in Co. E, 60th Infantry of the 9th Division. He fought in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, and Northern France. He was wounded by shell fragments near Percy France at 1600 hrs Aug 2, 1944, according to army medical records. He was also wounded near St. Lo France by spent fragments of a German morter shell July 16, 1944, for which he was awarded a purple heart. Many of the army's records were lost in a fire at the archives in St. Louis.
Michael
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