{"id":2327,"date":"2012-03-23T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2012-03-12T05:15:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:15:31","slug":"scout-edwin-bearss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/03\/scout-edwin-bearss.html","title":{"rendered":"Scout Edwin Bearss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/bearss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/bearss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Marine Corps<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Edwin Bearss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scout USMC, served 1942-1946. 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