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"The Battle of Tinian came right after the Battle of Saipan, and Claude and his men landed there on July 25, 1944," said James P. Gregory, director of LSU's William T. Brookshire Military Museum ...

In addition to Pearl Harbor, Drake served in the Battle of Saipan from June 15 to July 9, 1944, as part of Operation Forager. It was a strategic victory for the U.S. military, allowing it to gain ...

A veteran believed to be the world’s oldest Pearl Harbor survivor has died at 106 years old. Vaughn P. Drake Jr. from ...

Following Pearl Harbor, Drake fought in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and later that year in the Marianas Campaign, which the National Parks Service said was the "most decisive battle of the Pacific ...

Following Pearl Harbor, Drake fought in the Battle of Saipan in 1944 and later that year in the Marianas Campaign, which the National Parks Service said was the "most decisive battle of the ...

Drake also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, a turning point for the US in the conflict. Drake was just 23 and serving as an Army engineer at the time of the Japanese attack ...

Vaughn Drake Jr. was born in Winchester on November 6, 1918, and served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.

“I haven’t made it the big thing in my life.” Drake was also a part of the Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands, according to the news release announcing his death. That battle, on June ...

The release notes that he also witnessed the Battle of Saipan in the Marianas and received the World War II Victory Medal and a special congressional medal honoring Pearl Harbor veterans.