For the Record - March 20, 2008
Chapman obituary: The obituary of Ben Chapman, who played the title character in the 1954 film “Creature From the Black Lagoon,” in the Feb. 24 California section said that as a Marine in the Korean War he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. Chapman did not receive the awards he claimed to have earned, according to Marine Corps officials and a copy of Chapman’s military Report of Separation, the Marine Corps Times reported this week.
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