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2 unusual facts about Don the Beachcomber


Don the Beachcomber

He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star while setting up rest camps for combat-weary airmen of the 12th and 15th Air Forces in Capri, Nice, Cannes, the French Riviera, Venice, the Lido and Sorrento at the order of his friend, Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle.

Limestone County, Texas

Don the Beachcomber (1907–1989) born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt in Limestone County.



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