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THE REMARKABLE STORY OF ``CHARLIE TWO SHOES'

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

THE REMARKABLE STORY OF ``CHARLIE TWO SHOES'

• BY PHILIP CLARKE
• May 29, 1999
• May 29, 1999 Updated Jan 24, 2015
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Arriving in the north China port of Tsing Tao in June 1946 to join a U.S. Marine detachment on postwar duty, Pvt. Don Sexton, 18, of Greensboro could scarcely believe his eyes. Strutting around the barracks ``like he owned the place' was a cocky little Chinese kid wearing a miniature Marine uniform complete with corporal chevrons and spit-polished shoes. He also sported a GI haircut.

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