WW2 Fallen - Philip Green, 27th Infantry Division + POW nurse + famous billionaire

Lt. Philip Green was killed while the 27th Infantry Division was in training in Hawaii.
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Philip Joseph Green never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.

He was born on August 19, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. His parents Harry and May were also both born in New York. His father worked as a newspaper dealer. Philip had one older brother and two older sisters. His parents may have died in the 1920s since by the 1930 census, Philip was living with his 22 year old older brother. By 1940 he was still living with his brother. He had completed two years of high school and worked as a laborer for a paint company.

He enlisted in the army and became a first lieutenant in the 27th Infantry Division. The 27th ID was deployed in defensive positions in California right after the Pearl Harbor attack. In May 1942 it was sent to Hawaii to defend that location. Lt. Green was killed on August 5, 1943, before the 27th Infantry had been engaged in any combat.

His grave is at Arlington National Cemetery.

Thank you Lt. Green for your sacrifice. Let's Earn It for Philip.

REBA WHITTLE
Reba Whittle was also born on August 19, 1919, in Texas. She graduated from nursing school and volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps in June 1941. She was trained as a flight nurse, in order to give aid to wounded being transported by planes. She was sent to work in the European Theater.

Between January and September 1944 she flew 40 missions totaling more than 500 hours. On September 27 she was on a flight from England to Belgium to collect wounded. The plane got off course, crossed over German lines, and was shot down. Reba suffered a bad concussion in the crash. The pilot was killed and remaining passengers were made POWs. Because the Germans had no American female prisoners she was sent to a hospital for wounded Allied POWs staffed by British medical staff until January 1945 when she was repatriated through Switzerland.

https://www.dday.org/2015/03/10/reba-whittle-first-female-pow-in-world-war-ii/

She continued to suffer headaches after the war but her appeals for VA disability benefits were denied because they were not combat related. She died in 1981.

MALCOLM FORBES
A third August 19, 1919 baby was Malcolm Forbes from New Jersey. His father founded the influence financial magazine Forbes in 1917. Malcolm graduated from Princeton University. 

He joined the army in 1942 and rose to the rank of staff sergeant. He was a machine-gunner in the 84th Infantry Division in Europe where he earned the Bronze Star and receive the Purple Heart for a thigh wound.

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He served in the New Jersey Senate in the 1950s. He then worked full-time running Forbes. He lived the lavish lifestyle of a multimillionaire with jets, yachts, hot air balloons, a world class art collection, and a French chateau. He died as a billionaire in 1990.

Last year on this date I profiled Iwo Jima fallen Dr. Claude Arnett, 5th Marine Division. You can read about Claude here.

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