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Montgomery County Sentinel
Rockville, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland
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Twin brothers J. Randolph and Maurice T. Cissel reunited on Guadalcanal after two years apart, planning to celebrate their birthday but meeting on May 12. Their family from Forest Glen had four sons in service; youngest Richard discharged after wounding, Jack graduating in veterinary medicine.
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After a separation of two years the Cissel twins, J. Randolph and Maurice T. Cissel, Jr. sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cissel, Forest Glen, recently met on Guadalcanal. They had planned the meeting so that they might spend their birthday together on May 8th. but according to their mother the meeting took place on May 12. Both boys had been in the Marine Corps Reserve for several years before they were called in November 1940.
Mr. and Mrs. Cissel had four sons in the service before their youngest son, Richard, who was wounded in the South Pacific was given a medical discharge. He had been in the Marine Corps only nine months.
Another son, Jack, will graduate in Veterinary Medicine at Walter Reed on Saturday and expects to be stationed at Fort Myer.
The Cissel family are former residents of the Olney-Sandy Spring vicinity.
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Guadalcanal
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May 12
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richard cissel wounded in the south pacific and given a medical discharge after nine months in the marine corps
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After a separation of two years the Cissel twins, J. Randolph and Maurice T. Cissel, Jr. sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cissel, Forest Glen, recently met on Guadalcanal. They had planned the meeting so that they might spend their birthday together on May 8th. but according to their mother the meeting took place on May 12. Both boys had been in the Marine Corps Reserve for several years before they were called in November 1940. Mr. and Mrs. Cissel had four sons in the service before their youngest son, Richard, who was wounded in the South Pacific was given a medical discharge. He had been in the Marine Corps only nine months. Another son, Jack, will graduate in Veterinary Medicine at Walter Reed on Saturday and expects to be stationed at Fort Myer. The Cissel family are former residents of the Olney-Sandy Spring vicinity.