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Written by Biography and Gravesite Photo Courtesy of Russell C. Jacobs: June 2007
Joseph Edward Bastion (1883-1972).
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on March 27, 1883.
M.D. from Georgetown University in 1906. Graduated from Army Medical School in 1909. Commissioned in the Medical Reserve in July 1908. Served with the Punitive Expeditionary Force in Mexico in 1916. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1924 and the Army War College in 1929. Surgeon for VI Corps Area 1940-1943. Brigadier General in June 1942. Commander of Percy Jones General Hospital 1943 until retirement in February 1947.
Decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit.
Died on January 1, 1971.
BASTION, JAMES SHECKLES
First Lieutenant, AAF, United States Army
- DATE OF DEATH: 09/14/1942
- BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 105-B
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
BASTION, EDNA S
- DATE OF BIRTH: 11/10/1889
- DATE OF DEATH: 04/11/1984
- BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 124W-B
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY - Wife of JE Bastion, BG, USA
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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