Charles Merton “Chuck” Shunstrom was born on November 20, 1920, in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He served in Company C, 1st Ranger Battalion, as a Second Lieutenant during World War II. He was promoted to Captain and transferred to HQ Company. He was one of 50 US Army Rangers who participated with British Commando on the Dieppe raid in 1942. He took charge of Cannon Company in the Rangers. “The Wildman of the Anzio Beachhead,” was captured by the Germans at Cisterna, Italy on January 30, 1944, but he escaped back to the Allies. Cpt Shunstrom died on December 4, 1972, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

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