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Oscar Carl Gilbreth

25 Nov 1917 – 13 Apr 1952

Birth	25 Nov 1917
Death	13 Apr 1952
Cemetery	Potosi Cemetery Potosi , Taylor County , Texas , USA
Added by	MBishop on 20 Aug 2016
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49210947

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WW II

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Oscar Carl Gilbreth, or O.C. as he was called, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1939 with his brother Adron's oldest son, Henry Thomas. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and was there on December 7, 1941 at Schofield Barracks. In an interview with the Abilene Reporter News he was quoted as saying "when the attack came the Japanese were flying so low I could see the gold in their teeth." This interview occurred sometime in 1944 in Abilene, Texas. From Hawaii he was stationed at Sidney Australia then shipped to the state to Camp Roberts(?) Little Rock Arkansas where he met and married his wife Irma. In 1945 he was discharged and the couple returned to Taylor County. He worked around Abilene, then in 1946, he reenlisted with his sister's son Ollie (Duffy) McCall. He spent 7 months with occupation forces in Japan. In 1950, he was stationed in Munich Germany. His duty at this base was to guard German POWs. He died there on April 13, 1952. His body was shipped to New York by sea, and then sent to Abilene with four armed military guards that never left the casket. The casket arrived in Abilene at 10 a.m. on the west-bound Sunshine Special. It was unloaded and carried to the funeral home complete with military guards. The guards stayed with the casket the whole time it laid in state. The guards were the last ones to leave the Potosi Cemetery.

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OSCAR CARL GILBRETH TEXAS CPL 556 ORD M MAINT CO WORLD WAR II NOV 25 1917 APRIL 13 1952

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