Marines with Recruiting Station Chicago, 9th Marine Corps District, listen to a speech during the one hundredth birthday celebration of Marine Corps veteran Cpl. Lawrence Diggs 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 World War II 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: | 8385052 |
| VIRIN: | 240504-M-VB420-1075 |
| Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
| Size: | 10.62 MB |
| Location: | CHICAGO, IL, US |
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