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==Arthur Menzies== | ==Arthur Menzies== | ||
<table><tr><td width=70%>http://www.msknursery.com/images/plants/mahonia-a-menzies.jpg</td><td>Mahonia Arthur Menzies, named for Gavin's grandfather.</td></tr></table> | <table><tr><td width=70%>http://www.msknursery.com/images/plants/mahonia-a-menzies.jpg</td><td>Mahonia Arthur Menzies, named for Gavin's grandfather.</td></tr></table> | ||
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| + | Arthur L Menzies was born 28 Feb 1916 in Los Angeles County, California. | ||
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| + | He enlisted in WWII on 25 Sep 1940 as a single man for service in the Philippines. He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese for about three years, surviving the "... infamous Bataan death march". | ||
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| + | "Returning to San Francisco after the war, he worked as assistant curator at Strybing Arboretum, where he was considered a leading authority on California wildflowers. Apparently unable to shake the horrors of the death march, he committed suicide — in front of Tessa and her sister." | ||
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