Leon, Maurice, 1911-2007

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Leon (1911-2007) was born in Chicago but grew up in Rockford (Illinois) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin). He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison but was drafted into the Army in 1942, before he graduated. Leon served in Hawaii, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan with the 33rd Infantry Division, 122nd Field Artillery Battalion. After the war, he finished his B.A. at UW-Milwaukee and attended Law School at UW-Madison, later becoming the Director of the Law Library. In 1982, Leon retired from the Law Library at age seventy-one but stayed busy taking classes at UW in etching and printmaking.

From the description of Oral history interview with Maurice Leon, [sound recording], 2006. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 430340126

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associatedWith MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964. person
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Philippines--Baguio
New Guinea
Japan
Wisconsin--Madison
Philippines
United States
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Antisemitism
Artillery, Field and mountain
Atomic bomb
Combat
Fraternization
Igorot (Philippine people)
Indigenous peoples
Soldiers
Veterans
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1911

Death 2007

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