Cpl. Lawrence Diggs, a Marine veteran of World War II, reads a personal letter from the Commander of United States Africa Command, Gen. Michael Langley, during the Diggs' one hundredth birthday celebration in Chicago, Ill., on May 4, 2024. Diggs, a native of Inverness, Miss., was drafted in 1943 and underwent recruit training at Montford Point, N.C. He served with the 7th Ammunition Company, 1st Marine Division, during the war in the Pacific Theater. After hostilities ceased and the war ended in 1946, Diggs returned to the United States, received a promotion to Corporal, and was subsequently discharged on May 11, 1946. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dalton J. Payne)
| Date Taken: | 05.03.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 05.07.2024 12:13 |
| Photo ID: | 8385049 |
| VIRIN: | 240504-M-VB420-1051 |
| Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
| Size: | 9.06 MB |
| Location: | CHICAGO, IL, US |
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