Websites:
Ancestry Classroom, Viola Ruby (Riggins) Benedict, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045878869/story
AncestryClassroom, Wayne Keith Riggins, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045878871/story
Family Tree https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045880737/facts
WWII Draft Card, Wayne Keith Riggins, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/discoveryui-content/view/17006385:2238?tid=1246757&pid=210045878871&queryId=936b523dfe7a51f911a78b9b7a0c940c&_phsrc=sVj39&_phstart=successSource
Family Tree https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045880737/facts
World War II Army Enlistment Records, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/discoveryui-content/view/615617:8939?tid=1246757&pid=210045878871&queryId=936b523dfe7a51f911a78b9b7a0c940c&_phsrc=sVj40&_phstart=successSource
Google Images, https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS895US895&q=tropic+thunder+shoulder+patch&tbm=isch&chips=q:tropic+thunder+shoulder+patch,online_chips:infantry+division:3Utju9Oh-PI%3D&usg=AI4_-kT25Qqt2nuDG7w3LNemxapfknLp g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_x5bCndX3AhVSkWoFHa5wDDcQgIoDKAB6BAgCEAo&biw=1536&bih=746&dpr=1.25#imgrc=UGezU9niZ_9cKM
“Battle of Guadalcanal: World War II”, The Editors of Encyclopedia Brittanica, https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal
“Forgotten Fights: Assault on Munda Pont, New Georgia, 1943”, The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, August 3, 2020, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-munda-point-august-1943#:~:text=The%20US%20assault%20on%20Munda,merited%20three%20Medals%20of%20Honor.
“Battle of Arundel Island”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arundel_Island
“Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943”, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_kolombangara.html
Google Images, https://www.google.com/search?q=the+japanese+surrender+ww2&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiSuuHq9OX3AhXCg1MKHV1XDGoQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=the+japanese+surrender+ww2&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQ6BAgAEEM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgcIABCxAxBDOggIABCABBCxAzoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYOgQIABAeUKMFWL1SYORWaAdwAHgDgAFxiAGrGpIBBDQ0LjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABAMABAQ&sclient=img&ei=cUGDYtK9J8KHzgLdrrHQBg&bih=746&biw=1519&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS895US895&safe=active&hl=en#imgrc=YNa34RRHKkXoNM
“Instrument of Surrender”, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/surrender-of-japan#:~:text=Aboard%20the%20USS%20Missouri%2C%20this,Yoshijiro%20Umezu.
“Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945-52”, https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction#:~:text=The%20Allies%20punished%20Japan%20for,leadership%20in%20the%20new%20government.
Books:
“History: 25th Infantry Division, World War II”, The 25th Infantry Division, 1946, Army and Navy Publishing Company
Ancestry Classroom, Viola Ruby (Riggins) Benedict, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045878869/story
AncestryClassroom, Wayne Keith Riggins, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045878871/story
Family Tree https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045880737/facts
WWII Draft Card, Wayne Keith Riggins, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/discoveryui-content/view/17006385:2238?tid=1246757&pid=210045878871&queryId=936b523dfe7a51f911a78b9b7a0c940c&_phsrc=sVj39&_phstart=successSource
Family Tree https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/family-tree/person/tree/1246757/person/210045880737/facts
World War II Army Enlistment Records, https://www.ancestryclassroom.com/discoveryui-content/view/615617:8939?tid=1246757&pid=210045878871&queryId=936b523dfe7a51f911a78b9b7a0c940c&_phsrc=sVj40&_phstart=successSource
Google Images, https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS895US895&q=tropic+thunder+shoulder+patch&tbm=isch&chips=q:tropic+thunder+shoulder+patch,online_chips:infantry+division:3Utju9Oh-PI%3D&usg=AI4_-kT25Qqt2nuDG7w3LNemxapfknLp g&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_x5bCndX3AhVSkWoFHa5wDDcQgIoDKAB6BAgCEAo&biw=1536&bih=746&dpr=1.25#imgrc=UGezU9niZ_9cKM
“Battle of Guadalcanal: World War II”, The Editors of Encyclopedia Brittanica, https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal
“Forgotten Fights: Assault on Munda Pont, New Georgia, 1943”, The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, August 3, 2020, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-munda-point-august-1943#:~:text=The%20US%20assault%20on%20Munda,merited%20three%20Medals%20of%20Honor.
“Battle of Arundel Island”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arundel_Island
“Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943”, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_kolombangara.html
Google Images, https://www.google.com/search?q=the+japanese+surrender+ww2&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiSuuHq9OX3AhXCg1MKHV1XDGoQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=the+japanese+surrender+ww2&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQ6BAgAEEM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOgcIABCxAxBDOggIABCABBCxAzoGCAAQCBAeOgQIABAYOgQIABAeUKMFWL1SYORWaAdwAHgDgAFxiAGrGpIBBDQ0LjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABAMABAQ&sclient=img&ei=cUGDYtK9J8KHzgLdrrHQBg&bih=746&biw=1519&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS895US895&safe=active&hl=en#imgrc=YNa34RRHKkXoNM
“Instrument of Surrender”, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/surrender-of-japan#:~:text=Aboard%20the%20USS%20Missouri%2C%20this,Yoshijiro%20Umezu.
“Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945-52”, https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction#:~:text=The%20Allies%20punished%20Japan%20for,leadership%20in%20the%20new%20government.
Books:
“History: 25th Infantry Division, World War II”, The 25th Infantry Division, 1946, Army and Navy Publishing Company