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    "title": "American Legion military record of John Upton",
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        "World War, 1914-1918",
        "Upton, John, 1897-"
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        "Latest date in record: 1922-01-29",
        "Military organizations that the record subject belonged to that are listed in the record: U.S.S. Virginia; U.S. Rec. Sta., Marblehead, Mass.; U.S. Naval Academy; U.S.S. Oklahoma; U.S.S. Saranac",
        "Military campaigns/battles the record subject was involved in: Mine laying operations in the North Sea",
        "Military ranks and other roles the record subject held: Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve Force 5; Ensign, U.S. Navy (Temp); Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (T); U.S. Navy watch officer, U.S.S. Saranac",
        "Other people: Edgar Wood Upton; Sarah Page King; Mary Haskell Upton; Edgar Wood Upton, Jr.; Lucy Winchester Upton; Caroline King Upton; Elizabeth Evans Upton; Richard Everett; Florence Brown Upton; Eleanor Heard Russell; Arthur Joseph Russell; Elizabeth Heard; Sarah Elizabeth Upton; Colonel Benjamin King",
        "Other locations: Church Green, Wayland, Mass.; Winchester, Mass.; Boston, Mass.; Philadelphia, Penn.; Melrose, Mass.; Salem, Mass.; Concord, Mass.; Weston, Mass.; Asheville, NC; Waltham, Mass.; U.S. Training Station, Marblehead, MA; U.S. Naval Academy; U.S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia",
        "Other organizations: Mass. Naut. Training School -20 months; U.S. Naval Academy -10 week course"
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