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Charles Perry was the fourth of six children born to his parents, Francis and Eva, and raised in Needham, Massachusetts. At the time of Perry’s birth, his father worked as a quality control man in a shoe factory and later became a manager of stock control for an underwear company. His mother stayed at home to take care of the household. While atten...
Perry enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on October 6, 1941, and reported to Parris Island, South Carolina for basic training. After basic training, Perry requested to be sent to paratrooper school after learning that his brother had been wounded while serving as a paratrooper. Promoted to the rank of corporal in April 1943, Perry served in the Head...
Perry’s body was recovered by local resistance fighters and buried in Annecy, in the Savoie region of France. The resistance fighters laid a white cross over Perry’s grave and built a small white fence around the site. Perry was buried with military honors, and local French women made an American flag to place with Perry’s body. In February 1948, P...
The Advocate Yearbook. Needham Senior High School, 1940. Needham Free Public Library Archive. “Charles Perry.” American Battle Monuments Commission. Accessed November 10, 2016. www.abmc.gov/node/506363#.V6n7AbgrLIU. Charles Perry, Individual Deceased Personnel File, Department of the Army. Charles Perry, Official Military Personnel File, Department...
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May 13, 2024 · After completing a feasibility study, the library will eye future building projects — Town Meeting recently approved a $454,000 redesign for the library’s young adult section. Needham will need a director “to see those ideas come into fruition,” she said.
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