Military Service
In January 1942, De La Beckwith enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and served as a machine gunner in the Pacific theater of World War II. He fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal and was shot in the waist during the Battle of Tarawa. De La Beckwith was honorably discharged in August 1945.
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