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Memorial Day: Those Who Gave Their ALL and Those Who Remember ThemThis Memorial Day, please remember our military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. Marvin did on Sept. 18, 1944 and his family had to grieve for the rest of the war, praying for his body to be returned. For more information on Evergreen Veterans, please click www.evergreenla.org Please click here for the Military Page of the Athletic Network This post remembers my uncle Pvt. Marvin Joseph Descant who made the ultimate sacrifice.  The 12th child born to Mary Celestine Armand and Pierre Joseph Descant was Marvin Joseph. Marvin was born on August 15, 1924 on T-Bayou Rouge and entered the Army on July 2, 1943 Marvin won the right to wear the world-famous wings and boots of the United States Volunteer Paratrooper and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. On September 18, 1944, Private Marvin Joseph Descant was mortally wounded in action. He was one of my mother’s brothers. Click www.evergreenla.org for more information on our Evergreen veterans of all wars.
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