Herbert was the oldest child of Roy and Aletha Higginbotham. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps, where he served with the SS Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific theater during World War II and was in combat at Guadalcanal.
Following the war, he returned to his parents' home in Winter Haven, Florida. He met and married Margaret White. War left him with a lingering illness and he died 17 months after marrying, leaving Margaret with an infant daughter and expecting another. He also left his parents, two sisters, a brother, and two nephews.
Following the war, he returned to his parents' home in Winter Haven, Florida. He met and married Margaret White. War left him with a lingering illness and he died 17 months after marrying, leaving Margaret with an infant daughter and expecting another. He also left his parents, two sisters, a brother, and two nephews.
Herbert was the oldest child of Roy and Aletha Higginbotham. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps, where he served with the SS Fleet Marine Force in the Pacific theater during World War II and was in combat at Guadalcanal.
Following the war, he returned to his parents' home in Winter Haven, Florida. He met and married Margaret White. War left him with a lingering illness and he died 17 months after marrying, leaving Margaret with an infant daughter and expecting another. He also left his parents, two sisters, a brother, and two nephews.
Following the war, he returned to his parents' home in Winter Haven, Florida. He met and married Margaret White. War left him with a lingering illness and he died 17 months after marrying, leaving Margaret with an infant daughter and expecting another. He also left his parents, two sisters, a brother, and two nephews.
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