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Gene Carson was born in
Marshalltown, Iowa in 1924 He joined
the Marine Corps after graduating
high school in June, 1942. Mr.
Carson’s service record includes the
battles for Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo
Jima, with the Marine 5th Amphibious
Corps. Gene Carson returned to his
hometown in January, 1946 and
started a thirty-year career with a
gauge manufacturing firm. He also
played seven years of semi-pro
baseball in most of Iowa's major
cities. Mr. Carson’s writing career
started at the age of 70 when he
began writing poetry From there he
started writing short stories and
then later wrote his first novel
Friends by Chance, Brothers by
Choice. Gene Carson married my high
school sweetheart at Camp Elliott,
San Diego, California, on August 5,
1943 and raised four children.
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