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- Oveta Culp was born in Killeen, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Oveta Hobby | Killeen, Texas | CPC]
29 Oct 1943
United States
United States
- At Camp Hood in Texas, United States, the 761st Tank Battalion was reconstituted as a medium tank battalion and rearmed with the M4 Sherman tanks. Ruben Rivers by this time had advanced to Staff Sergeant. ww2dbase [Ruben Rivers | Killeen, Texas | DS]
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