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 U.S.M.C. DECEASED OF THE 22nd Sep Packhowitzer Battalion
Jan 24th 1994
As of this date these men of the 22nd Sep Packhowitzer Bat,who are known
• o be; or are presumed to be deceased.IF any of you men know of a mistake,in
this list please let me (Al Lange) know immediately, so it can be corrected.
Most were found by contacting a relative and I was told of their death.
Also if you know of a buddy who has died please let me know so we can stop
looking for him.

Locke John Bullard Troy Finney John

Moss William Pikul Francis Figatelli Ercoole

Decker Joseph Caudle William Hunt Kenneth

Weekley Alex Legro John Harp Raymond

Kajawa Alois Veseskis Frank Eakle Kenneth

Hickman Ken W. Valentine James ^/Lee Don

Fitzpatrick James R. McLaine Scotty Nolte Delbert

Giertson Charles Huss John Galbreath James

i/Milligan Howard D. Mazzola Carl P. Pounds M.P.

Hanauer Stanely Noseworthy (1st N ?) *^Bogan William

* : insey Jack B /^Piatek Jozef. . //Massey Robert T

We now have 33 listed as dead. There are others I don't have down, some
that Bog an and
Bogan and Russ
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U.S.M.C. Names of "B"Battery men we are still looking for.

Along with, some additional names that come to mind, we are looking for, all
are former 22nd marines of the somoan packhowitzer battery.

E.k. Biggs, Bruce, Brunriing/' James A. Buff/ Art Carney, Robert D. Compton,
Windsor V Crocket, Duff, Duplantis, England, Estes, Fedic, Fitzgerald,
Foster, Hays, Lt. Harris, Lt. Haynes, Virgil Kirby, Klaft, Ray P Launtz,
Cleveland J Ledet, Bobby S Lemmons, William Makin, Willie M Malicoat, Massif
Lucian Morgan, Sgt. Morgan, O'Connell, Marshall Olson, Roy Pennington,
Ragsdale, Teddy Romaine, Claude I Thrailkill, Tipton, Van Buskirk, Robert M
Watillo, John Mc Intyre ,/Longo,-) Michael Dunbar.

Also Looking for Ray P. Launtz,(St. Louis) Philip J. Copone,( central IL.)
Melvin J. Collier ( St Loius)
 As of 10/10/95 list of "B"Bat 2nT
>nc :Sept Pack How. Batt 22nd Marines

Adams Jack & Pat 990 E. Lake Lotela DR. Avon Park,FL.33825 PH(813)452-1061
/ or(813)238-3275
Alakson Charles L & Dorothy 1390 Caclotta Drive Hemet, CA. 92543 T H ( 9 0 9 ) ((658-4827
L Berg Marshall R.& Carol 1586 Westfield St. West Springfield,MA. 01089 PH(413)733-1219
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Berry Turner A. 16723 Oak Street Delhi, CA. 95315 PH(209)634-3846
Bogan Henrietta (Bill is deceased) P."0. Box 525 State Center, IA. 50247 PH(515)483-2778
Brennan Paul & Virginia 225 Essex Knoll DR. Coraoplis,PA.15108 PH(412)264-6689
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Briscoe Harold E.& Neli 6450 Outlook Ave Oakland,CA. 94605-2126 PH(510)632-8798
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Clouse Ralph & Phylis 705 S.Clinton Apt.5-B Denver, CO. 80231 PH(303)343-7447
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Colle John & Irene PO.BOX 16 Nason," IL 62866 PH(618)279-3264
f Crossiyn Harold & Margaret 2104Cla"rk Lake RD. Weathrford ,TX. 76086 PH(817)599-5936
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Diamond George E.& Marion 1009 S.W.rars'-ls Lt.es Summit, MO. 64081-3217 PH(8i6;z<4b-0426
Donda Joseph & Helen 70405 Maynard RD. Saint Clairsville,OH.43950 PH(614)695-2885
' IL
IS Di6$ car Glance Jackson W 4540 W.41st Street Tulsa,OK. 74107-6208 PH(918)446-2984
Harrison William F. 4214 Bethel Church RD.Apt.N-14 Columbia,SC. 29206 PH(803)782-4255
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Inman Archie E & Flora 600 Tower DR.RT3 Box715 Independence,KS PH(316)331-7741
ir 67301-8549
Jensen Melvin B.& Lucy 6492 S.E. Cavalier Way Portland, OR.97267 PH(503)653-6062
/£,
Kielb Edward & Maria 26044 Lila Lane Dearborn Heights, MI. 48127 PH(313)561-8215
if. 3:
Koziol Walter S.& Terry 225 Winthrop ST. New Britian,CT. 06052-1732 PH(203)223-0714
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Korogi Joseph A. & Mary 4610 Dupont kve N. Minneapolis,MN. 55412 PH(612)522-7188
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w Krulewicz Joe 548 Union Ave. Bellville, NJ. 07109 PH(201)450-1014

a Kulig Edward & Alice 1243 Liberty Street Morris, IL.60450-1514 PH(815)942-2454

Lange Albin J. & Anna 209 E. Hazelwocd Morton,IL. 61550-2867 PH(309)266-9£32

.undgren Clarence E. (243 W.Broadway) P.O. Box 64 Monticello,MN. 55362 PH(6l2)295-$2ii
Maschke Albert FT& Vivian 2461 "BeIsay RD. Burton, MI. 48519 PH(8l0)742-4684
Massey Janet (Robert-dec) 400 S.Amos Springfield,IL.62704-4744 PH(217)546-5427
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Mc Alistor Leon A 342 Rio Del Oro Ln. Sacramento, CA. 95825 PH(916)482 -3820
M brother Floyd 344 (next door as above )
Poss Frederic N. 403 S.Calif.Apt-8 Sheridan,IN. 46069
482 -0666
PH(317)758-0948
M. Parker Daniel E. & Gloria RR 8 # 220 St Joseph,MO. 64504-9802 PH(816)238-3275
.21. Peckosh Melvin R. & Myrtle 7012 Milburn RD.Cedar Rapids,IA.52402-7934 PH(319)393-4486
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Pennington Ardel & Geneva 2406 Tracee Way Springdale AR.72764 PH(501)756-9348
3L Pierce Harvey E. 625 Alameda DR. Apt. 16 Ontario,OR.97914 PH(503)889-3025
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Plemons Arthur L.& Grayce 910 E.2nd ' Lenoir City,TN.37771 PH(615)986-7241
W. Richards Eugene R.& Emily 2072 Australia Way W.Apt 36 PH(813)796-1303
33\ Clearwater,FL.34623 MwjMiaim »•' mi i
Robertson William F.& Maxine 3751 Avila Circle Las Vegas,NV. 89103 PH(702)87l-8360
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Robison Raymond G.& Joyce 621 Doe Trail Edmund, OK.73003 PH<405)3'40-1W43.
Schacknow Harry B.& Lena 8304 N.N.59l;h. Tamarac,FL. 33321 PH(305)722-1056
# M n n H r-^1 1 PH(914)794-02S5
Schlosser H.Curwen & Anna 525 Fairfax Road Drexel Hill,PA. 19026 PH(215)622-2208
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Schnurr Robert R.&Bernice Lake Villa Apt.422 2501 Sherman AVE, PH(208)664-6170
It Coeur D'Aline_j_ID. 83894-5820!
Stephens Russell A.& Phyllis 4019 Springer AVE. Royal Oaks,MI.48073 PH(3l3)549-3826
J? winter at sisters home,28 Somer Ridge DR.Roseville,CA.95661 PH(9l6)773-2983
Strongosky John M. & Ann 21 Robin Road Mckees Rocks,PA. 15136 PI(412)787-1
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Thomas Ralph G. & Evelyn 4~78"0 Highland DR. Postf alls , ID. 83854-8863 PH(208)773- •6527
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w Tonsing Paul M. & Toney 6908 Sheridan Fort Worth,TX.76134 93-7394
F v i e t William L.4/82 Arizona ST.Apt.5"San Diego,CA.92116 TH7
% ^___ (Nancy a s i s t e r PH(507)373-3485
Beverly Grant & J a c k i e b22 9 t h N.W. Mason C i t y , I A . 50401(Amphfb corp) TS(5i5)423-4O70
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oye Paul R.& Emily 2175 W.Southern Ave.#7Apache Junction PHT
^ _ ^ _ AZ.85220-7373 (tatik co)
*/l Ritz John S.& Dolly PO.Box 208 Dickerson Run,PA. 15430- navy op'er&tfed PH( 412)52^2742"
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RUSSELL A. STEPHENS
4019 Springer Avenue
Royal Oak, MI 48073-6415
(810) 549-3826
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As of 10/10/95 list of ''B^Bat
po, 2nd Sent Pack How. Batt 22nd Marines

I Adams Jack & Pat

Alakson Charles L & Dorothy

990 E. Lake Lotela L)R. Avon Park,FL.33825

1390 Carlotta Drive Hemet, CA. 92543

PH(813)452-1061
or(813)238-3275
PH(909)658-4827
Berg Marshall R.& Carol 1586 Westfield St. West Springfield,MA. 01089 PH(413)733-1219
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Berry Turner A. 16723 Oak Street Delhi, CA. 95315 PH(209)634-3846
ft anria.fct'tf (Bill is deceased) P.O. Box 525 State Center, IA. 50247 PH(515)483-2778
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L Brennan Paul & Virginia 225 Essex Knoll DR. Coraoplis,PA.15108

Briscoe Harold E.& Neli 6450 Outlook Ave Oakland,CA. 94605-2126

PH(412)264-6689
PH(510)632-8798
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t Clouse Ralph & Phylis 705 S.Clinton Apt.5-B
Colle John & Irene PO.BOX 16 Nason, IL 62866
Denver, CO. 80231 PH(303)343-7447

PH(618)279-3264
1 Crosslyn Harold & Margaret 2104Clark Lake RD. Weathrford,TX.76086 PH(817)599-5936

Diamond George E.& Marion 1009 S.W.Persels Lees Summit,MO.64081-3217 PH(816)246-0426

Donda Joseph & Helen 70405 Maynard RD. Saint Clairsville,OH.43950 PH(614)695-2885
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GrstTre->J*ftJft«trn^W. 4540 W.41st S t r e e t Tulsa,OK. 74107-6208 PH(918)446-2984
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Harrison William F. 4214 Bethel Church RD.Apt.N-14 Columbia,SC. 29206 PH(803)782-4255
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Inman Archie E & Flora 600 Tower DR.RT3 Box715 Independence,KS PH(316)331-7741
HT 67301-8549
Jensen Melvin B.& Lucy 6492 S.E. Cavalier Way Portland, OR.97267 PH(503)653-6062
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Kielb Edward & Maria 26044 Lila Lane Dearborn Heights, MI. 48127 PH(313)561-8215
// y& Koziol Walter S.& Terry 225 Winthrop ST. New Britian,CT. 06052-1732 PH(203)223-0714
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n Korogi Joseph A. & Mary 4610 Dupont Ave N.

Krulewicz Joe 548 Union Ave. Bellville, NJ. 07109
Minneapolis,MN. 55412 PH(612)522-7188
PH(201)450-1014
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te 1243 Liberty Street Morris, IL.60450-1514 PH(815)942-2454
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PH(309)266-9632
rts Lange Albin J. & Anna 209 E. Hazelwood Morton,IL. 61550-2867
Lundgren Clarence E. (243 W.Broadway) P.O. Box 64 Monticello,MN. 55362 PH(6l2)295-$2ii

Maschke Albert W.& Vivian 2461 Belsay RD. Burton, MI. 48519 PH(810)742-4684..,.
Massey Janet (Robert-dec) 400 S.Amos Springfield,IL.62704-4744
£ fJO Mc Alistor Leon A 342 Rio Del Oro Ln. Sacramento, CA. 95825
PH(217)546-5427
PH(91<£)482 • 3&20
brother Floyd 344 (next door as above ) 482 •0666
FToTs Frederic N. 403 S.Calif.Apt-8 Sheridan,IN. 46069 PH(3l7)758.
Parker Daniel E. & Gloria RR 8~?~220 St Joseph,M0. 64504-9802 PH(816)238-3275

Peckosh Melvin R. & Myrtle 7012 Milburn RD.Cedar Rapids,IA.52402-7934 PH(319)393-4486

21 Pennington Ardel & Geneva 2406 Tracee Way Springdale AR.72764 PH(501)756- •9348
3L fierce Harvey E. 625 Alameda DR. Apt. 16 Ontario,OR.97914 PH(503)889-3025
31 Plemons Arthur L.& Grayce 910 E.2nd Lenoir City,TN.37771 PH(615)986-7241
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Richards Eugene R.& Emily 2072 Australia Way W.Apt 36 PH(813)796-1303
3L Clearwater,FL.34623
Robertson William F.& Maxine 3751 Avila Circle Las Vegas,NV. 89103 PH(702)871-8360
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Robison Raymond G.& Joyce 621 Doe Trail Edmund, OK.73003 PH(405)340
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Schacknow Harry B.& Lena 8304 N.N.59th. Tarnarac,FL. 33321 PH(305)722-1056
M u. fiJO summer home 52 Greentree RD. Monticello, NY. 12701 PH(914)794-0285
^Uhlusse1! H f C U l w ^ & Anna 525 Fairfax Road Drexel Hill,PA. 19026 PH(215)622-2208
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Schnurr Robert R.&Bernice Lake Villa Apt.422 2501 Sherman AVE. PH(208)664-6170
31 Coeur D'Aline,ID.83894-5820
Stephens Russell A.& Phyllis 4019 Springer AVE. Royal Oaks,MI.48073 PH(313)549-3826
J? winter at sisters home,28 Somer Ridge PR.Roseville,CA.95661 PH(916)773-2983
Strongosky John M. & Ann 21 Robin Road Mckees Rocks,PA. 15136 PH(412),787-1464
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i'homas Ralph G. & Evelyn F7W Highland DR. Postf alls , ID. 83854-8863 PH(208)773 6527
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w Tonsing Paul M. & Toney 6908 Sheridan Fort Worth,TX.76134 PH(817)293- T3W

i'viet William L.4/82 Arizona ST.Apt.5 San Diego , CA . 92116 PH(

& (Nancy a sister PH(507)373-3485
Beverly Grant & Jackie 622 9th N.W. Mason City,IA. 50401(Amphib corp7 PH(515)423-4070
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loye Paul R.& Emily 2175 W.Southern Ave.#7 Apache Junction PHC
^ AZ.85220-7373 (tank co)
m Ritz John S.& Dollv PO.Box 208 Dickerson Run,PA.15430- navyoperated PH(412)529-2742
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sftLs^&jfafflkdi TS—Jack -& TJL—990-E. Lake Lotela DR. Avuu Paik,PL.33025 PH(813)452-1061
or(813)238-3275
Alakson Charles L & Dorothy 1390 Carlotta Drive Hemet, CA. 92543 PH(909)658-4827
Berg Marshall R.& Carol 1586 Westfield St. West Springfield,MA. 01089 PH(413)733-1219
Berry Turner A. 16723 Oak Street Delhi, CA. 95315 PH(209>634-3846

J ^ W ^ ^ ^ ^ / j r Brennan Paul & Virginia 22-5 Essex Knoll DR. Coraoplis, PA. 15108 PH(412)264-6689
B r i s c o e Harold E.& N e l i 6450 Outlook Ave Oakland,CA. 9 4 6 0 5 - 2 1 2 6 PH(510)632-8798

, C l o u s e R a l p h & P h y l i s 705 S . C l i n t o n A p t . 5 - B D e n v e r , CO. 80231 PU(3Q3)343-7447

fy^J^tW^Z^^I* r> Colle John & Irene PO.BOX 16 Nason, IL 62866-0016 PH(618.)279-3264
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_Crosslyn Harold & Margaret 2104CIark Lake RD Weathrford TX.76086 PH( 81J.).599-5936
Diamond George E.& Marion 1009 S.W.Persels RD. Lees Summit,MO.64081-3217 PH(81'6>246-0426
Donda Joseph & Helen 70405 Maynard RD. Saint CIairsville.OH.43950 PH(614)695-2885
Harrison William F. 4214 Bethel Church RD.Apt.N-14 Columbia.SC. 29206 PH.( 80-3) 782-4255
Inman Archie E & Flora 600 Tower DR.RT3 Box715 Independence.KS. PH(316)331-7741
67301-8549
Jensen Melvin B.& Lucy 6492 S.E. Cavalier Way Portland, OR.97267 PH(503)653-6062
• JXielb Edward & Maria 26044 Lila Lane Dearborn Heights, MI. 48127 . PH(313)561-8215
Korogi Joseph A. & Mary 4610 Dupont Ave N. Minneapolis,MN. 55412 PH(612)522-7188
KozioT Walter S.& Terry 225 Winthrop ST. New Britian,CT. 06052-1732 PH(203)223-0714
Krulewicz Joe 548 Union Ave. Bellville, NJ. 07109 PH(201)450-1014
-# Lange Albin J. & Anna 209 E. Hazelwood Morton,IL. 61550-2867 PH(309)266-9632
Lundgren Clarence E. (243 W.Broadway) P.O. Box 64 Monticello,MN. 55362 .;(RH(^61!2);2-95-8211
Maschke Albert W.& Vivian 2461 Beisay RD. Burton, MI. 48519 PH(810)742-4684
• Mc Alistor Leon A 342 Rio Del Oro Ln. Sacramento, CA. 95825 PH(916)482-3820
CMm^f-0^ J ^ ^ brother Floyd 344 (next door as above ) 482-0666
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fiW^-v ^?L .Moss Frederic N. 403 S. Calif. Apt-8 Sheridan, IN. 46069
PH(816)238-3275
Parker Daniel E. & Gloria RR 8 # 220 St Joseph,MO. 64504-9802
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PH(319)393-4486
Peckosh Melvin R. & Myrtle 7012 Milburn RD.Cedar Rapids,IA.52402-7934
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PH(501)756-9348
Pennington Ardel & Geneva 2406 Tracee Way Springdale AR.72764
PH(503)889-3025
Pierce Harvey E. 625 Alameda DR. Apt. 16 Ontario,OR.97914
PH(615)986-7241
Plemons Arthur L.& Grayce 910 E.2nd Lenoir City,TN.37771
Richards Eugene R.& Emily 2072 Australia Way W.Apt 36 PH(813)796-1303
Clearwater,FL.34623
Robertson William F.& Maxine 3751 Avila Circle Las Vegas,NV. 89103 PH(702)871-8360
4 Robison Raymond G.& Joyce 621 Doe Trail Edmund, OK.73008 PH(405)340--^e^.
Schacknow Harry B.& Lena 8304 N.N.59th. Tamarac,FL. 33321 PH(954)722-1056
summer home 52 Greentree RD. Monticello, NY. 12701 PH(914)794-0285
Schlosser H.Curwen & Anna 525 Fairfax Road Drexel Hill,PA. 19026 PH(215)622-2208
Schnurr Robert R.&Bernice Lake Villa Apt.422 2501 Sherman AVE. PH(208)664-6170
Coeur D'Aline,ID.83894-5820
^Stephens Russell A.& Phyllis 4019 Springer AVE. Royal Oaks,MI.48073 PH(810)549-3826
winter at sisters home,28 Somer Ridge DR.Roseville,CA.95661 PH(916)773-2983
Strongosky John M. & Ann 21 Robin Road Mckees Rocks,PA. 15136 PH(412)787-1464
Thomas Ralph G. & Evelyn 4780 Highland DR. Postfalls,ID.83854-8863 PH(208)773-6527
Tonsing Paul M. & Toney 6908 Sheridan Fort Worth,TX.76134 PH(817)293-7394
Tviet William L.4782 Arizona , ST.Apt.5 San Diego,CA.92116 , ~ - -f su -Pfr(
yj£&+0- (Nancy a sistBxJ^^^M^^ <%AW. PH(507)373-3485
PII(515)423 4070
r"&everly Grant & Jackie 622 9th N.W. Mason City.IA. 50401(Amphib corp)
Hoye Paul R.& Emily 2175 W.Southern Ave.#7 Apache Junction PH(
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^itz John S.& Dolly J?0.Box ^208 t Diekerson Run, PA. 15430- navy operated PII(412)529"2742
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CHARLES L. ALAKSON
1390 Carlotta Drive
Hemet, California 92343
Charles joined the Marines in September,
1939, and was sent to boot camp in San
Diego, then Sea School, and joined the
Marine detachment aboard the USS Indian-
apolis, which was a heavy cruiser, in
November 1939. The ship's home port was
Pearl Harbor, but she pulled out of Pearl
on December 5, 1941, so just missed the
bombing of Pearl Harbor on the 7th.
He was transferred to Camo Linda Vista in
July 1942 and joined "B" Battery, 22nd
Marines, where he met McAlister, McLean,
Watilo and many other good Marines. They Charles Alakson and Cpl. Parker, Guadalcanal
left for Samoa sometime in November 1942
and while there Charles and Sgt. Pitts
started a boxing team. Charles was the
only heavyweight, while Watilo was a
light heavyweight.
On Saturday nights they had five or six
fights. There was only one other heavy-
weight, a kid from "A" Battery, with a
name something like Orreno. He and
Charles fought every Saturday night, and
Charles' ear is still ringing from these
bouts. Supposedly Orreno met the Big
Gunney in the sky later.
While in Samoa, Charles frequented two
restaurants in Apia, one run by a man
named Parker and the other by a Chinaman
named Leung Wie. The food wasn't too hot
but they had what the Marines wanted...
bush beer and bush gin (both bad).
The Chinaman had two daughters, and
Charles got to know the family quite well
...corresponding with them while back in
the States. (See accompanying pictures of
Janie and Bessie.)
Charles' job in "B" Battery was forward
observer, and he worked with 2nd Lt. Judd
Harris, from Los Angeles, later killed in
the Marshalls. Later on, Charles worked
with a young second lieutenant by the
name of Sher, and another one named Gil-
lespie, who was killed on Guam.
After going thru the Marshalls and Guam,
and while training on Guadalcanal for the
invasion of Okinawa, Charles was sent
back to the States with about 40 other
Marines, after being over there 29
months. So he was home for Christmas of
1945. Jozef Piatek, Charles Alakson, Boisclair
CHARLES ALAKSON - page two

Then from 1945 to 1948 Charles was on re-

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cruiting duty, going to Tao, China until
1949, where he was the regimental two
chief. He didn't like office work so
went out for the First Marines football
team as left tackle, and they won FMF,
WES, PAC and also Far Eastern champion-
ships.
He returned to the States in mid 1949
where he joined the First Marine Division
and then in 1950 the Fifth Marine Brigade
and ended up at the "Frozen Chosin" in
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Korea.
Back to the States in 1951, he stayed in
the First Marine Division until October
1964, when he was sent to the Philippines
for duty with the Navy. They did all the
photo interpretation for the units in
Viet Nam. Charles was a master gunnery
sergeant at this time, so really had it
made, going to Viet Nam a few times for
about two weeks at a time.
Charles left the Philippines in 1966 and
joined the First Marine Air Wing at El
Toro, California, where he retired in
July 1968 with 29 years...and loved every
bit of it! President Nixon and Charles Alakson, 1979

After retiring, he worked for a golf pro

for about a year, and in November 1969
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joined the Secret Service Protective Div-
ision, spending ten years with the Nixon
detail in San Clemente, California; and
then transferred to the Ford Protective
Division in Palm Springs, California. He
was with President Ford for seven years.
Being 68 years old, Charles wanted to do
his thing, like playing golf two or three
times a week and traveling around the
country. So he retired in 1985 for the
second time, and is enjoying every bit of
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Watilo, Camp Linda Vista, 1942

"B" Battery baseball team in Samoa. Three
left at rear are Alakson, Lt. Koler, Piatek
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Wrecked ship off "B" Battery camp,

Guadalcanal Bob Watilo

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Janie Leung Wie, Apia, Samoa Bessie Leung Wie, Apia, Samoa
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CHARLES ALAKSON - page four

L. MacAlister

Bob Watilo at right, friend unknown

Group of Marines with Alakson, names unknown

Bob Watilo at Camp Linda Vista where

L. MacAlister with unknown friend "B" Battery was formed, 1942.
MARSHALL R. BERG
1586 Westfield Street
West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089
413 733-1219

Marshall tried to enlist in the Marines on Pearl Harbor day, but his father
would not sign for him, as he was only 17. He finally enlisted on the anni-
versary in 1942.
He was sent to Parris Island, New River, San Diego and then to American
Samoa in May 1943; then to Maui and the Marshall Islands. He was in motor
transport, but that was not enough action, so volunteered to be a forward
observer on Guam and Okinawa.
On his return to the States, Marshall was discharged in Bainbridge, Maryland,
November 17, 1945. He married Mary in 1946, who had written him every day he
was overseas. They had seven children and 20 grandchildren; but she passed
away in 1976. He married Carol in 1983, and moved from Connecticut to Massa-
chusetts at that time.
Marshall belongs to the 6th Marine Division Association, Mehla Temple of
Shrine, and Post 5847 V.F.W. He spent 30 years as a volunteer fireman, and
served as chief from 1968-1972, retiring in 1985. Also was town constable
for 23 years.
Marshall's oldest son served with the 9th Cavalry in Viet Nam as a tunnel rat.
Was awarded a purple heart two weeks before his tour of duty was up.

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105 5th N.E. - P.O. Box 33
State Center, Iowa 50247
515 483-2778

Bill joined the Marines on August 19, 1941. He was 19 and didn't want
to go to college, and didn't really know what he wanted to do. Navy
enlistment was for six years, so he opted for the Marines and four._

The 22nd Marines were formed in June, 1942, in Camp Linda Vista, Cali-
fornia. "B" Battery was formed at the same time. They went to Samoa
in July, and stayed there about 16 months. Then aboard ship for Maui,
the Marshalls and Guadalcanal before Guam.

While on Guam on the FO, an infantryman from G" Company ran up to Bill
with his helmet in his hand, a bullet hole fore and aft in it, and a
small crease in his head. He was crying, laughing, and scared stiff.
If Bill's memory is correct, his name was Raines.

Also, on a working party on the Canal, when 40 Marines were sent to un-
load beer for the Army, they weren't supposed to get any beer - only un-
load it. Needless to say, about 35 ended up under the dock, drinking
beer. Lt. Richards was in charge, and he ordered the party to come out
or he'd shoot. Dusty Dunbar replied, "Shoot, you son-of-a-bitch...you
can't hit anyone anyway." At office hours the next day all he got was
a lecture.

Brought up on a farm in Iowa, Bill operated a restaurant after his dis-

charge from the Marines, and then went back to the farm for 20 years.
Also worked in municipal work as street superintendent for 13 years,
and retired eight years ago. He had three sons and one daughter, and
has been married to his present wife, Henrietta, for five years.

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AT THE "B" BATTERY REUNION in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1990, were Bill Bogan, Jack-
son GJance, Albert Maschke, Frederick Moss, Edward Kielb, Robert Massey, Joe Pia
tek, and "Mac" McAlister, seated. (Picture contributed by Bill Bogan.)

Also taken at the reunion was this picture of Albin

Lange, Clarence Lundgren, "Mac" McAlister, Joe Korogi,
Bill Bogan, Fred Moss and Jozef Piatek. (Contributed
by Bill Bogan.)
 ••
PAUL BRENNAN
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225 Essex Knoll Drive
Coraoplis, Pennsylvania 15108
412 264-6689

After school, Paul joined the Marines be-

cause his uncle was a China Marine. •••• :«.;.
He first served at Parris Island, Marine
Barracks, Washington, D.C., and then ship-
ped out from Norfolk to Panama, and on to
New Caledonia, 22nd Reinforced. Paul
stayed with Captain Schloesser, "D" Bat-
tery, 15th.

He was with the forward observers on Sugar

Loaf and carried messages down into the
valleys in between Surey Castle and Sugar
Loaf. He was pinned down, then proceeded
up to Surey Castle where the First Divi-
sion people were engaged with the enemy.

An old sergeant major from the First Divi-

sion front line said, "What's the matter
with you crazy bastards...you want to get
killed?"

Paul then returned to Guam, and on to

China (good duty). He went home and met
Virginia, married her, and they have two
boys and two girls, and two grandchildren.
Has had a good life and good health, due
perhaps to a devout belief in the Supreme
Being.

After his discharge, Paul worked for U.S.

Steel, then became union officer for the
remainder of his service with U.S.W. of
America. Also involved with real estate,
retiring early.

He is a member of Lodges & Service Assn.

Charter member of 1st Brigade and 6th Mar-
ine Division Assn., and 3rd Marine Divi-
sion Assn., Eighth & I Ceremonial Guard
Co., Washington, D.C. and Quantico Boxers.

Also a collector of U.S.M.C. WWII and be-

fore uniforms, medals, emblems, etc. Paul
attends a reunion each year at Quantico :
with Edson's Raiders and Quantico Boxing
Team Also is raising his fourth St. Ber-
nard. Paul and Virginia are into travel,
and his favorite pastime since he is too
old to spar in the gym is bitching about
everything.
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PAUL BRENNAN - page two

Below is a picture of an old peacetime Marine who served aboard the

Tuscaloosa and was at the battle of Dunkirk - Master Gunnery Ser-
geant Bill Brennan, H&S Battery, 15th Marines. Bill is gone now,
but he and Paul had some great times together. His family and Paul's
are from the same state, outside of Philadelphia, and are related.

Bill is pictured beside one of the mountain guns the Japs used at
Okinawa, and a movie was later made about it. Bill brought the gun
back to display on Guam. He received special commendation when he
alone went into the ammunition dump in northern Okinawa and put out
a fire with his bare hands.

Bill and Paul went over the wall on their first night in China and
raised hell; but made it back for roll call the next morning.

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ROBERT S. CODY ("A" Battery)
805 Hastings Drive
Kissimmee, Florida 34744
407 847-4399

YOUR JUNIOR OFFICERS

Robert ended up at the University of Florida in June 1941. He had ap-
plied for USMC officers training, but took a job which paid $15 a week
for a 60-hour week. Like all young guys, he bought a car, with payments
of $6 a week. Room and board were $7. He smoked a carton a week at
$1.25. So he had 75c to spend any way he wanted to!

Four months later he asked for active duty, and his dad took over the
car and payments. He "enjoyed" three months at Parris Island boot camp
which was a very educational and useful experience'. Graduating from
boot camp a week after Pearl Harbor, after a few weeks was on his way to
Quantico for more of the same. OCC began February 1, 1942.

Except that the DI's were a little more polite, there was no difference
in the boot camp they called Officer Candidate Class at Quantico and
Parris Island, except that he qualified with an M-l instead of an .03.
After OCC, where he held the exalted rank of Pfc, he got his commission.
Of 525 in the class, about 150 did not make it. The rest received their
bars, but then had to train to become platoon leaders, re-learning how
to eat in a dining room instead of a messhall. He graduated from ROC on
June 13, 1942 - 350 in all - and 55 or so of them ended up in the 22nd
Marines Reinforced.

LINDA VISTA, CAMP ELLIOTT

The 22nd Marines was the second "new" regiment established after the first

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Bob Cody at the University of Florida, 1940. He graduated in jour-

nalism, so the typewriter remains typical today.
ROBERT S. CODY - page two

two divisions, and the cadre of non-coms and officers came from the
2nd Division, with most of the junior officers being from ROC, and
boots from San Diego. It was the only regiment to do its training
outside the U.S., though the 3rd Marines who ended up on American
Samoa must have done some of their training there.
The assignments were pretty informal for the 2nd louies. A rein-
forced regiment had a battalion of artillery, three battalions of
infantry, a company of tanks, one of engineers and one of special
weapons.
The way Bob got into artillery was simple. They asked what the new
lientenants would like to serve in, and his friend, Mo Garrett,
punched Bob: "Hey Cody, pick artillery. I took it at Eastern Ken-
tucky." Since Bob had taken infantry ROTC at Florida, he raised his
hand, and he was in Battery "A". Riding was better than walking!
His second day in artillery, he was standing watching a gun drill
when the sergeant came over: "Lieutenant, you're blocking the line
of sight." Bob had never heard the term before, but he moved. They
were sighting on a San Diego peak shaped like a breast and nicknamed
"Nellie's Tit."

IN LUXURY TO SAMOA—ABOARD THE LURLINE

Early in July saw the outfit en route to Samoa. In Battery "A", sev-
en were missing when they boarded ship, but none were missing when
they sailed. Bob soon became very glad he was an officer, as they
got three fine meals a day. They also lived (though four to a room,
not two) on the Boat Deck. RHIP became alive for him'. The enlisted
men in Artillery also did better, as they had four in the Cabin Class
staterooms, and were a lot better off then those infantrymen stacked
six-high in the main dining room of the Lurline.
It has been said that no chances were being played with their lives
by sending them out unescorted only six months after Pearl Harbor—
the Jap subs were too slow to keep up with the Lurline.
The Lurline slowed as it aproached Pagp Pago, to arrive after the sub
nets were pulled back at dawn. Artillerymen who were manning deck
guns claimed torpedoes passed both fore and aft of the Lurline the
night before they reached Pago Pago.

ON TO WESTERN SAMOA
Everyone will remember that the stay in Pago Pago was quite brief,
and after seeing Pago Pago they were delighted to see the picturesque
waterfront of Apia. Many wondered how they got the Lurline into that
little harbor.
There were wrecks of German and British vessels destroyed by a hurri-
cane in the 1890's. There was the clock tower. And when they reach-
ed the docks there were those men with tremendous legs and arms,
caused by repeated exposure to mu-mu (filiariasis/elephantiasis) .
After unloading, camp was set up at the race track, and they spent the
next couple of weeks taking hikes up the hill to Robert Louis Steven-
son's grave, and to that beautiful swimming "pool."
In due course, however, the 7th Marines swapped with them. They didn't
ROBERT S. CODY - page three

know they were on their way to Guadalcanal, but with them they took
the nice new tents, the mosquito nettings and the rubber-tired wheels
for the pack howitzers. The battery retained their wooden wheels,
their rotten tents at Mulifanua Plantation. Again, Bob found it was
good to be an officer, as they got mosquito nets. A great many en-
listed men didn't, and the result was filiarissis frequently, but to
his knowledge noone developed elephantiasis.

REBUILDING THE BASE

Battery "A" was positioned at the Battle Command Post, a jungle area.
Battery "B" was a quarter mile away. Battery "C" and a third of all
the 22nd were on Wallis Island, 300 miles away across the Date Line,
but still part of the "Samoan Defense Force," a division-sized troop
concentration.

Battalion HQ was on the lagoon, beyond the ariport and a cadre of

105's was on the other side of the airport, ready to fire out to sea.
Near the base entrance was the 2nd Defense Battalion with Long Toms
and three-inch anti-aircraft, with the Seabees nearby, and one infan-
try battalion.
The tents left by the 1st Battalion 11th, reinforcing the 7th Marines,
were almost rotted when they moved into them; but they were quickly re-
placed by fales erected by the natives, and eventually pre-fab huts. To
stretch the Seabee lumber, the rafters were a foot further apart; and
to stretch the available cement, they made the mix heavy with sand.
The Seabees also graded and improved the roads with the volcanic ash
the called "scoria." Col. Ferguson built an officers mess at his head-
quarters. Freezers came in and suddenly they had real meat instead of
that superamuated New Zealand mutton link-sausage someone said had been
in cold storage since World War I. It could have been!
Beer also appeared in winter 1942-43. It was said that Gen. Watson was
a reformed alcoholic and traded the beer to the 3rd Marines on Tutuila
in return for Coca-Cola, until Adm. Nimitz sent out an order making
beer official throughout the Pacific.
The outfit erected a dozen or more Quonset huts as a rest area for Mar-
ine ship-based aircraft, but that was later.

RETURN TO SAMOA - 1987

Bob's wife Alice arranged for them to fly from a convention in Honolulu
to Samoa for a brief visit in 1987. They landed at the old air strip,
greatly enlarged and concreted; but the old road to Apia was little
changed. Population has tripled since WWII, so there were more villages
with more tin roofs and fewer thatched roofs. People were just as friendly.
But no markers commemorate the Marines' stay in Samoa, and few people
knew the details. Bob met two men who were mid-teenagers who remember-
ed the Marines. The terminal at the airport has a sign: "This building
erected for the people of Samoa by the government of Japan."
He secured permission to tour the airfield, but found only one landmark
he could identify, the seaplane ramps; and the point, where Col. Fergus-
on and his staff observed artillery fire toward the reef.
RALPH CLOUSE
705 S. Clinton, Apt. 5-B
Denver, Colorado 80231
303 343 7447

In June of 1942 Ralph's wife Phyllis signed

him over to the Corps, for which she got a
fancy framed certificate congratulating
her for "furnishing" a husband for the
Marine Corps.
Before going overseas Ralph spent time at
Elliott and Pendleton, and in the Pacific
was a machine gunner in the Marshalls,
Guam and Okinawa campaigns. Marshall Berg
and Ralph both made corporal on the same
day in 1944.
Ralph and Phyllis had been married a year
and a half when she signed him over to the
Corps. She came to San Diego and worked
awhile in a Civil Service job on North Is-
land, and then went to work for a local
doctor. She returned to Denver before
Ralph shipped out, to have their baby
daughter, Sharon (who was 2% years old
when Ralph got home from the war). They had
another girl ten years after the first one
and now have four wonderful grandchildren.
Ralph and Phyllis celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary in February.
Ralph got back into uniform when he joined the U.S. Postal Service. He enjoyed the
years there, but had to take retirement due to health problems. He doesn't drive a
car, but walks a lot and works out on the exercycye when he can...and has been able
to keep his weight the same as when he enlisted.

Ralph Clouse still in uniform, in the Marshall Berg and Ralph Clouse the day
service of the U.S. Postal Service. they made corporal, Guadalcanal, 1944.
JOHN COLLE
P.O. Box 16
Nason, Illinois 62866
618 279-3264

John grew up living coal mining, married Irene and worked underground
38 years.

He enlisted in the Marines December 8, 1941, and was sent to Chicago.

But he was turned down by being half an inch short. Then he went to
St. Louis and with the help of the quarter round next to the baseboard
he made the required 5'-41s".

Our of boot camp in San Diego, he joined "B" Battery at Camp Linda
Vista. He was on the #2 gun as gunner from April 1942 until they be-
gan forming the 6th Marines in November 1944.

Was promoted to corporal in March 1943, and spent time on eight ships
and two LST's. Returned Stateside in December 1944, and was discharg-
ed in November 1945.

John was in on everything "B" Battery did, and upon return to civilian
life went back to mining, spending 38 years underground, and 53 years
a member of U.M.W.A.

He had a heart double by-pass 12 years ago, and a triple by-pass last
year. Doing well ever since.

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Maschke (Pinckney, Mich.), Massey (Springfield, 111.), Ka-
lil (Chicago), Byars (Cascilla, Miss.). Left side: Colle,
gunner, Estensen (Oakland, Cal.), Kielb (Detroit).
JOSEPH DONDA
70405 Maynard Road
Saint Clairsville, Ohio 43950
614 695-2885

Joe went to the CCC camp in 1938, and when

he got home, worked in a coal mine until he
joined the Marines. He joined the 22nd
Marines in Maui as a machine gunner and
demolition man.

He went to the Marshall Islands, Guam, Ok-

inawa and all the way to Tsingtao, Shang-
tung Province, China, to disarm the Japs.
He was sent home to the States and dis-
charged December 11, 1945.

He and Helen were married December 24, 1947

and they had five sons, pictured below.

Joe worked for International Harvester for

31 years until he retired in 1983, and has
enjoyed every bit of it. He will be 69
years old June 22nd.

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The Dondas, with Joe and Jim on the top

row, "Mom," "Dad" and Jeff in the middle
and Jerry and John on the bottom row.
(November 1989.)
 MORRIS M. GARRETT, M.D. ("A" Battery) •Ft
53 Winston Hill 5 si s

Fort Thomas, Kentucky 41075 •>:.:.; =

606 441-3151

When Morris was about 12-16 years old,

he'd sit around his home in Eastern Ken- * 85S«i

tucky and listen to old Marines tell

about their South American duty. He then
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went to Eastern Kentucky State College
in 1937 and had two years there includ- ^laRpR^^P f^ :s H^ *S
ing R.O.T.C.

He was enrolled in Platoon 124 in 1941,

and when finished he was an assistant
instructor for Platoon 125 and later,
12 days after Pearl Harbor, he was as- .
signed a platoon of 150 men, all over
six feet tall, and took them through
boot camp by himself.
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Due to his R.O.T.C, Morris went to

Quantico and was commissioned April 1,
1941. Then back to San Diego where he
joined the 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer
Battalion when they formed. He was in
the first platoon to use the Ml rifle
at Parris Island.
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After sailing to Samoa on the Lurline, Truman Hoxit with the 3rd Marine Division
he lived in the fales with no mosquito on Bougainville, with Morris Garrett,
nets, and ended up with filariasis and 22nd Separate Pack Howitzer Battalion.
dengue fever, as did many. On Maui he
was commissioned a captain, and one of his worst experiences of the war was when
"A" Battery was on bivouac on a field problem and a plane dropped a 500-pound bomb
on them, killing about 12 men. Morris was commanding officer at that time. A total
of some 24-25 men, plus severe wounded, was the result of that mistake.

After that, Morris engaged in 13 ship-to-shore landings, mostly in the Lesser Mar-
shalls. Many good men were lost, including Bob Gillespie who was with Morris on a
patrol on the beach. Morris' runner, Bell from Texas, was also wounded, and Morris
was wounded slightly.

He came home after 28 or 29 months to New River, and was discharged at the end of
the war. After Morris came back, he watched the accounts of the 22nd going on tow-
ard the Japanese area and bled inwardly each time when he heard of the casualties
which all Marines took. He said they lost too many good men.

After the war, Morris went on to medical school and into radiology, retiring after
33 years. He has four sons and three grandchildren.
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Battery "B", 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer Battalion, 1944, with Henry Schlosser at
left. (Courtesy of Morris Garrett.)

Marines on Guadalcanal, 1944. (Courtesy of Morris Garrett.)

JACKSON W. GLANCE
4540 W. 41st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107
918 446-2984

Jackson was the son of a share-cropper

and in 1939 he secured a job with Mid-
Continent Petroleum Corp., working in
the yard.

He enlisted in the Marines on April

16, 1942, at Oklahoma City. On July
19, he joined the 22nd Marines, right
out of boot camp., at Camp Linda Vista
and the first people he knew there
were Jack Adams and Joe Ferrar, just
returned from Iceland.

Jackson accompanied "B" Battery to

Samoa, Hawaii, the Solomons and Mar-
ianas, and participated in action on
Kwajelein, Eniwetok and Guam as a ma-
chine gunner.

After he returned to the States he was sent to Pensacola, from there to

Camp LeJeune, and back to Camp Pendleton, where he joined the MP Com-
pany. He was discharged a corporal April 19, 1946.

Jackson got drunk for a year, then married Lawerencie, and had a family
of five children, still united in love and peace.

He worked 43 years for the same company, in various assignments, includ-

ing equipment dispatcher, whereby he managed 20 trucks, two cranes, and
a bulldozer. Then in 1950 he became an electrician's helper, and went
on to become supervisor of the electrical shop and field some ten years
later.

Jackson was active in the Electrical Local 1002, Tulsa, union, and serv-
ed a term as president. As a member of the executive board of the Tulsa
Labor Council, he assisted in managing all labor activities of the coun-
cil. And he served on the local political committee while a member of
the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. And coordinated political meetings for
state and local politics while serving as president of the Tulsa County
Democrat Club.

Hobbies include raising quarter horses, cattle and sheep, gardening, boat-
ing, antiques, rebuilding player pianos, and anything mechanical.
WILLIAM F. HARRISON
4214 Bethel Church Road - Apt. N-14
Columbia, S.C. 29206
803 782-4255

In 1940 Bill was in school in South Caro-

lina, and wanted to go to Canada and join
the R.A.F., as many young men were doing at
that time. But he was too young, and wait-
ed until 1942, when his parents signed pap-
ers that permitted him to join Marines.

After boot camp, he joined Battery "B", and

also served with Battery "E", 2nd Battal-
ion, 15th Marines, 6th Marine Division.

Bill served on Guadalcanal, and was dis-

charged after a tour of duty on Okinawa.

He went back to high school and college and

worked mostly as a salesman, then became a
policeman, as a member of S.L.E.D. (South
Carolina Law Enforcement Division), from
which he retired in 1986.

Bill was married, but his wife died.

William Harrison and friend Claude Thraill-

kill with captured Japanese flag on Guad-
alcanal in 1944.

William Harrison and friend Jack Downs on

Guadalcanal in 1944.
ARCHIE E. INMAN
600 Tower Drive - Route 3, Box 715
Independence, Kansas 67301
316 331-7741

Archie was born in Hartford, Illinois, on March 18, 1926, but his
parents moved to Venita, Oklahoma, when he was about a year old.

His parents were farmers, and moved to a farm just south of Jeff-
erson, Kansas, just before he enlisted in the Marines on December
22, 1941, at Kansas City.

Basic training was in San Diego, and he joined "B" Battery in July
of 1942 in British Samoa, then went on to American Samoa and Maui,
Hawaii.

Archie participated in action in the Marshall Islands and Guam, and

on his return to the States he went to Parris Island as an MP, and
was there about a year. He was discharged in December of 1946, go-
ing back to school for about a year.

In 19.48 Archie started working for Cities Service Gas Co., staying
with them for 38 years. He retired in 1986 at Humboldt, Kansas.

Archie married Flora in 1948, and was transferred frequently in Kan-

sas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri; moving to Independence, Kansas,
after his retirement.

They have two sons, one in Tonganoxie, Kansas, and the other in Hous-
ton, Texas. Also six grandchildren, which they greatly enjoy.

Archie's hobbies include gardening and traveling, mostly to see the

children and grandchildren.
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MELVIN B. JENSEN
6492 S.E. Cavalier Way
Milwaukie, Oregon 97267
503 653-6062

Mel was born in Askov, Minnesota, June 8, 1923, but the weather
was too cold, so he left to be reared in Pasadena, California.

He attended the local schools and later was employed at Santa

Anita race track office boy when war was declared.

He enlisted in the Marines, and joined "B" Battery, being as-

signed to the Communications Section.

After his discharge he returned to college. His "temporary"

employment at the local lumber company led to a career in buy-
ing and selling lumber.

In April 1959 he relocated to Portland, Oregon area and worked

at lumber brokering (timber trading) until 1988. After "lum-
bering" 42 years, retirement proved to be just the avocation
for him.

Mel married Lucy May 7, 1949, and they have two sons, Tim who
is 37, and Tom being 21 - 16 years difference in ages, just
the way they had it planned. They live together as a happy
family.

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Battery "B" Communication Section on Guam. Back row unknown except Whitaker
and Lt. Hastings the last two on right. Front row: Jim Galbreath, unknown,
Rule Stout, Mel Jensen, Willie Malicoat, R. G. "Tom" Thomas, Bob Schnurr.
Chuck Giertsen was not pictured.

Jim Galbreath walking with unknown

friend. (Courtesy of Mel Jensen.)
Mel Jensen at home after first tour.
EDWARD KIELB
26044 Lina Lane
Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127
313 561-8215

After returning home from the Marines, Edward married his childhood
sweetheart, then attended school and became a journeyman optical
technician. He worked at this profession for 43 years before re-
tiring in 1989. His wife Maria was a credit analyst who retired in
1990. Edward is also a stamp collector.

They have two sons, Michael and Mark. Michael and his wife are both
biologists, and he works for the University of Michigan and has his
own business, Budget Birding. They belong to the Audibon Society.
His wife Susan teaches at a local school. Edward and Maria's
granddaughter Alexis is nine years old, and of course beautiful and
talented.

Mark got his MBA at the University of Michigan and has his own bus-
iness, Michigan Business Planning Group, Ltd. His wife Janice is
an attorney and her office is in Ann Arbor. Both families live in
Ann Arbor.

Edward and Maria will be celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary

July 20, 1991.

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JACK B. KINSEY
2058 Via Dieguenos
Alpine, California 92001
619 445-3075
Jack was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on Oc-
tober 13, 1923. He enlisted in the Marines in
August 1940. After boot camp he was sent to
Bremerton Naval Yard, Washington, then to Sitka,
Alaska. He received infantry training at Jacques
Farm, San Diego, in 1943, and left for the
South Pacific August 8, 1943 from Treasure Is-
land.
After a stop at Tongariva Island, he joined the
22nd Marines Reinforced Pack Howitzer Battalion
in Apia, Samoa. Then moved to Maui for training
for Kwagelain. He participated in the battle
for Eniwetok, February 1944. After garrison duty
on Kwagelain, he transferred to Guadalcanal for
training for the Guam invasion.
In the battle for Guam as part of the 22nd Mar-
ines Reinforced 1st Marine Provisional Brigade
in July 1944. Then he was sent back to Guadal-
canal for training for the Okinawa invasion as
part of the 6th Division.
Jack then went back to Guam for training for the
Olympic operation which never took place. Then
he moved to Tsingtao, China, for occupation duty
and back to Seattle, San Diego, Corpus Christi
and Parris Island. His last post was as weapons
instructor at Annapolis Naval Academy, until dis-
charge in 1946.
Jack now is president of the Great Republic In-
surance Co. in San Diego, is married to Pat, and
has three grandchildren. His hobby is collecting
American and British military medals and foreign
decorations and orders. He is a member of the
Marine Corps League and Alpine VFW Post 9578.

Top row: Jack Kinsey, Stub Stevens; bottom:

McCallister, Killiron, unknown. Guadalcanal.
EDWARD J. KULIG
1243 Liberty Street
Morris, Illinois 60450
815 942-2454

In 1941, Edward was in Chicago attending a trade school, studying

to be a machinist. Shortly after his 21st birthday in 1942, he
enlisted in the Marine Corps, and was sent immediately to the San
Diego base.

After training there, he was sent to Camp Linda Vista as a re-

placement to the Pack Howitzer Battalion, a separate unit attech-
ed to the 22nd Marines.

After training in British Samoa, he served as a forward observer

radio operator on Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam and Guadalcanal. From
there he was sent Stateside, having served a total of 28 months
overseas.

His next assignment was at Great Lakes brig as a guard. After a

few months, he was sent on to Camp LeJeune for a few more months,
and then discharged late in 1945.

In November 1945 he was married to Alice, and they have two daugh-
ters and one granddaughter. He worked in a heating and air-condi-
tioning and sheetmetal shop. In 1960 he went into partnership in
that same shop, and retired in 1986.
ALBIN J. LANGE
209 E. Hazelwood
Morton, Illinois 61550
309 266-9632

Albin was born in the northeast corner

of Nebraska on a farm, and grew up in
that area, living on various farms and
walking to school two to four miles each
way. In high school, he lived with an
uncle's family, working for his keep, •P
going to high school which was a lot
further. He rode a horse or two, de-
pending on the weather; or drove a
makeshift enclosed buggy built on an old
Model "T" chassis. This unit carried
nine or ten students from several farm
families.
During severe winter the smaller chil-
dren would be boarded in town, and Albin
would ride an old blind mare. Attending
this school was like having a private
tutor, as there were seven boys and
three girls in this school, blessed by
having only one teacher, Mr. Lenard Lei-
sey. This teacher was in his middle
years and had spent six years in a sem-
inary, then decided not to become a
priest, and entered law school. He prac-
ticed law several years in a county that seldom needed an attorney, then he went into
teaching to supplement his earnings. He also had a dance band playing at least once
a week.
Albin had Latin to learn as well as Greek at the same time. Whatever they learned in
Latin one hour they learned in Greek the next, but today he doesn't remember any of it
except for many years it was a great help in knowing English. Today in that area many
students travel 30 or 40 miles with no state aid to help with transportation costs.
Later he worked for other farmers, until in 1940 the chinch bugs destroyed all the
small grain crops and Albin was out of a job with no place to go, not even to work for
room and board
As many other young men were going in the Navy to see the world, Albin tried to en-
list, but the quota was filled. He was told to see the Marine recruiter, as "they
will take anybody!" So, on July 26, 1940 he signed up for room and board and a ticket
to see the world really well for four years...and he was even going to be paid $20.80
a month! And his gracious Uncle even extended that to a total of five years and three
and a half months. He didn't see much of the world, but maybe more than many other
Marines.
Iceland was his home from July 4, 1941 to the last of March, 1942. His outfit was sent
to Iceland to relieve the British troops, who had kept the Germans out. While there
they worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks unloading supplies and building camp fa-
cilities. U.S. ships were already in the war even if it wasn't declared. About Oc-
tober of 1941 they had two destroyers torpedoed and sunk with the loss of all but two
men. These two men happened to be on the top side, but even with bent knees the deck
came up so fast their leg bones moved up but not the flesh. They were brought to the
hospital where Albin visited one who said the other was not expected to live. Iceland
was not a picnic, and they gladly gave it up to the Army when they arrived.
ALBIN J. LANGE - page two

Six weeks later they were on their way to

Samoa, and later the Marshall Islands,
Guadalcanal. After a stint in the hospit-
al at Oakland, California, Albin with
about 24 others was shipped by train to
Klamath Falls, Oregon, to open the recup-
eration barracks there. They even had to
unpack all bed equipment and set it up so
they could sleep the first night. It was
"K" rations for a couple of days until the
galley was in operation.
Later about ten of them were sent to New
River, North Carolina to a 90 mm antiair-
craft gun school. They had previously
been thoroughly trained on them in Samoa.
Then Albin and three others were sent to
Hawaii, and flown out to Midway, till aft-
er the war end.
Albin's discharge was delayed, in spite of
his having the second highest points in
the Southwest Pacific; but then he ended
up at Mare Island, still refused a dis-
charge because he would not re-enlist or
sign up as a reservist. Getting out, Al- Albin Lange and Teddy Romaine, June 23,
bin worked as a mechanic for many years, 1943, Apia, Samoa. Albin's 24th birthday.
then for the post office, retiring in 1983.
He has been married to Anna since 1944, and they have one daughter, two granddaughters
and one great-granddaughter. Both Albin and Anna are in good health, as she walks a
lot and he rides a mountain bike. He flies for pleasure and owns a '48 Stinson 108-3
Station Wagon, recently having it completely rebuilt from the ground up. Albin is do-
ing the interior, and says he'll probably be too broke after all this to fly it. He
volunteers in a Catholic grade school, donat ing his time as needed, helping the jan-
itor on work he can't do.

March 19, 1991 at a reunion in John Colle's home in Nason, Illinois, showing John
Colle, a coal miner; Bill Bogan, formerly a farmer; Al Lange, and Daniel Parker, a
farmer, after 47 years apart. John Colle was recovering from open-heart surgery.
ROBERT T. MASSEY
400 S. Amos
Springfield, Illinois 62704
217 546-5427

Before entering the Marines in May of 1943

::
Robert was a student at Springfield High
School and ran a news stand in the state
capitol rotunda, as well as serving as a
page in the Illinois General Assembly.
He was sent to San Diego for boot camp, •*
then on to Camp Elliott for eight more #t w" *•
weeks of training. From there aboard the
«
S.S. West Point to Pearl Harbor and to
Maui where he joined the Marines who had
come from British Samoa. This was where "
the 22nd Marines were formed, and they :? t *"
went on to Guadalcanal, after which they
were combat loaded on an LST for Eniwetok
which they secured in 30 days.
Then back to Guadalcanal for more train- '
•
ing and replacement, where they formed ,-v
the 6th Marine Division. They hit Guam
on Easter morning, then went back to -••
Guadalcanal, and on to Okinawa. •
400^
Charles received third degree burns on
i•
over 60% of his body on Okinawa, so was
sent on a hospital ship back to Pearl
Harbor, and by plane back to the U.S. for
skin grafts. After being hospitalized m,
for nine months he was discharged in • \
January of 1946. .
After the service he went to work for the •
State of Illinois, where he is still em-
ployed after 41 years in the State Sen-
ate. He married Janet in 1948, and they ¥;*»: .,

have two sons and two grandchildren.

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ROBERT T. MASSEY - page tw0

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LEON A. McALISTER
2336 American River Drive - Apt. C
Sacramento, California 95825
916 482-3820

"Leon, the cagey croupier," was born on a small cotton farm three miles west of
Cash, Arkansas, on August 5, 1917. His formative years, 0-20, were spent in Cash,
a community of one or two hundred. In a town that size it was easy to be on the
basketball team, the baseball team, and, of course, be a cotton picker.
Too big for Cash, in 1937 Mac headed for Chicago where he worked for a year be-
fore he decided that his talents must surely lie in other fields, and found him-
self, along with millions of other depression males, jobless. He worked for Sin-
clair Oil for a year and when h3 got laid off became a habitue of the local gamb-
ling casino, eventually earning his keep doing odd jobs. After a year of this,
he again got the wanderlust and felt the lure of the west coast calling.
In 1939 he found himself in Westwood, California, a northern town in the timber
country. There he got a short-lived job in a veneer plant, only to find himself
without work a year later.
What was he to do? It looked ever more likely the United States would be pulled
into the war and he would be drafted for sure. He checked out the Navy where the
enlistment was six years; not about to fly a plane, he ultimately decided on the
Marines and those beautiful sea-going blues. He joined in Sacramento (there must
be some irony that he has ended up there), and was sworn in in San Francisco, and
went thru boot camp in San Diego.
The year 1941 in the month of June found him leaving San Diego, sailing thru the
Panama Canal and heading for Iceland. What he remembers most about that trip was
that everybody got seasick as hell, especially Troy Bullard. When they got to
Iceland, they had 23% hours of sunshine per day.

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LEON A. McALISTER - page two

Pearl Harbor was attacked, America entered the war, and by 1942 they were sent
to New York and given a two-week leave with orders to report back to San Diego.
Within two months they were in Samoa and the real war. Mac was in on the cam-
paigns at Inewetok and Guam and stayed in the Pacific throughout the remainder
of the war.
After he was discharged in 1945, Mac found adjusting back to civilian life was
one heavy load. He did a lot of drinking, a lot of spending money, and finally
found himself back in the Chicago gambling casino he had left in 1939. The
same guy he had worked for before was still running the place, and since Mac
had a little more stuture now as an ex-Marine, he talked Mac into working for
him. Thus began Mac's career in the gambling business. He remained in Chicago
until 1949 when they closed the casino down.
Out of work again, he headed for Miami where he worked as a bartender at the
Green Terrace Hotel in Miami for nine months before pulling up stakes and head-
ing for the west coast and a job at Lockheed in Burbank. On a weekend visit to
Las Vegas he ran into gambling acquaintances he had known in Chicago, who as-
sured Mac that he could make good money and get a secure job in Las Vegas, so
he decided to give it a try.
He made the move, got a job at the Golden Nugget and remained in Las Vegas for
the next 36 years, except for the summer of 1955, which he spent at the Cal Neva
on Lake Tahoe. That summer was the most enjoyable he experienced in all his
years in the "racket."
During his years at Las Vegas, besides the Nugget, Mac worked at Caesar's Palace,
the Sands Hotel for five years, and at the Tropicana for seven of his most re-
warding years in the gambling business. Finally in 1969 he ended up back at the
Sands, a place with the reputation of being a classy hotel to work in as well as
being very fair in their treatment of personnel. So under those circumstances
his last 13 years before retirement in 1981 were spent at the Sands.
Since his retirement, Mac has been an avid follower of sports...a "couch potato,"
because in 1983 he had two serious foot operations, and shortly thereafter was
diagnosed as having neurological problems which affected his legs.
Mac's passions, hobbies and addictions indicate he is a man of strong feelings,
and he has been addicted passionately to women, three of them as a matter of
fact. He has also been passionately addicted to alcohol, but at age 74 he has
given up both these lustings for something more lasting and permanent...his love
and enjoyment of sports. His interests have fallen into four categories: fish-
ing, bowling, golf and tennis.
He spent four years fishing in the Chicago area. And fished four trips at Stur-
geon Bal close to Alekson's hometown. He also took his mom and dad on a fishing
vacation at Vermillion Bay in the Dryden area of Canada. His first wife of 13
years was an experienced fisher-woman from Milwaukee.
The next sport to get Mac's attention was bowling, which lasted two years and a
beautiful brunette from Texas. This ended after six years of marriage. His
mixed doubles team won the Dealers and Bartender League one year.
If you ask Mac, the granddaddy of all sport addictions is golf. If you don't be-
lieve him, ask Alakson. He had a lot of fun but could never putt worth a damn.
The high point of his golfing career were two hole-in-ones which merited a write-
up in the Las Vegas paper.
It was in 1968 while out on the town, having a sip or two or three, that Mac met
a woman from Ireland. As it turned out, she had been a junior champion tennis
player over there. That doesn't mean that she could play like Chris Evert, but
LEON A. McALISTER - page three

it didn't take long before she had Mac hooked on tennis and on her too for a total
of 20 years and four trips to visit her folks in Ireland.
Mac had bizarre and chance meetings of Marine buddies, starting in 1945 while at
Great Lakes when he was writing his discharge from the Corps that he heard from
Scottie McLean. He reported that he was on his way to be deployed someplace in
Connecticut, but would stop by Chicago to see him. What started as a very short
visit turned into two weeks AWOL for both of them. Though the details are hazy,
it is a story that only bears telling while under the influence.
He next saw Scottie in 1951 while tending bar in Miami. Though it was only for
three days, like most visits with Scottie, it was memorable.

While working at the Golden Nugget in 1954, Mac got a call from Mobary telling
him that Scottie had undergone a back operation at Walter Reed, was in critical
condition, and not expected to last the night. He called the hospital, but the
best he could do was leave a message that some nurse promised she would relay.
His message was, "Come on man, we have many more beer safaris to go on." Mac
hopes to God that nurse got the message through because Scottie died that night.
Mac was very close to Scottie.
During his years in Las Vegas, Mac ran into any number of buddies. From the Ice-
land contingent, he ran into Danny Fellows, Paul Drugo and Cecil Smith. From
Samoan days he saw Jimmy Valentine, Mobary and Bill Kholer.
At the Nugget they worked one hour on and twenty minutes off. They had five ar-
eas of five tables and chairs each that made up the poker pit. When business
was slow, the dealers would use the unoccupied poker chairs to nap and relax
during their twenty minutes off.
On one particular day, Mac had taken a seat about five feet behind the poker
game. He couldn't help but notice that one of the players was drunk and still
had three untouched drinks in front of him. You see everything in casinos, so
Mac closed his eyes for a snooze vl th this joker still being the life of the
party in the background. Suddenly, he scoots his chair around, faces Mac and
says, "Say, Mac, would you play a couple of hands for me while I visit the rest-
room?" You must remember that all males were "Mac" to Marines. Then he recog-
nized the joker and said, "Sure, Mobary, I'll take your hand." Suddenly recog-
nizing Mac, he yelled "McAlister." Of course, all the bystanders thought both
of them had lost their minds.
Mobary spent the rest of the night with Mac, reminiscing...and it came out he
was in charge of the rifle range. In fact, he was carrying around enough weap-
ons in the trunk of his car to start a small war. But Mobary assured Mac that
it was all legal, on the up and up, and produced licenses. Mac saw Mobary one
other time and then they lost contact, but Mobary might have been mustered out
while serving at Twenty-nine Palms.
Paul Drugo surfaced in 1947 while Mac was still in Chicago. He was driving a
soda pop delivery truck then and only stayed 30 minutes.
Once while Mac was working a crap table Danny Fellows walked past out of no-
where. Mac recognized him, grabbed a pit boss to replace him, and took off aft-
er him. They had a two or three day visit. Danny loved Las Vegas and visited
about seven times during the next few years. He was still shy and a prince of
a fellow.
Another time when Mac was minding his own business and doing his job, he saw
this character leaning against a slot machine looking lonely and busted, a not
uncommon sight in Vegas. Mac kept looking at him and it dawned on him that it
LEON A. McALISTER - page four

was Cecil Smith. Mac walked up behind him, stuck his finger in his spine, and
said, "Stick 'em up." He reacted as though Mac had been a real cop. As the
Icelandic guys may remember, the word "renegade" was coined after Smitty. Sure
enough, Mac found out Cecil was wanted in Texas for shooting a Hispanic. A
Jeckel and Hyde type, he could also be the most charming guy one could ever meet.
He drove a cab around Vegas for awhile and then disappeared.
Mac met Jimmy Valentine at the Sands, and found Jimmy to be pretty much an ad-
dicted gambler, with Vegas becoming a part of Jimmy's life. From their first
meeting in 1956 until Jimmy died in 1987, he must have made at least 40 three-
to five-day excursions to Las Vegas. He never failed to get in touch with Mac
and shoot the breeze over drinks and dinner. Jimmy and Shorty Colle paid Mac a
nice visit in 1984. Also Dan Parker and his wife Gloria made at least four
trips.
About a year before his death Jimmy appeared at Mac's place, and right away Mac
sensed that this was not the Jimmy that he knew. There was something mentally
wrong. He told Mac that he had everything he owned in his car and was moving to
Las Vegas. His behavior was so erratic that Mac couldn't let him drive at all,
so got hold of his keys and called his daughter in San Jose. She told Mac that
he had been diagnosed as having alzheimers only ten days before, to keep him
there, and his son would fly down and get him. Once Jimmy was convinced he had
no key, he settled down and spent the night. His son picked him up the next day
and Mac knew this was the last time he would say goodbye to Jimmy.
It was at the tennis club that Mac saw Bill Kholer, the man who had a way of
phasing in and out. There was a group of six or eight of them who played daily,
and one day a new member showed up, introducing himself as Robert Kholer. He was
a good player with a pleasing personality and soon became a regular, playing as
often as they did. This lasted for about six months, when one day Bill didn't
show up. Nobody saw or heard of him for two years, until just as mysteriously,
he reappeared.
It wasn't until six months later while they were drinking at the bar that Mac
found out Bill had been a Marine, and was the baby-faced lieutenant from "B" Bat-
tery. He went back to southern California shortly afterwards and is probably
still somewhere in Orange County where, Mac believes, he was a county employee.
Mac hasn't heard from him since.

So it's a very, very small world.

Mac says "'tofa' now with a quote from an old Irish proverb: 'May the road rise
with you and the wind be always at your back, and may the Lord hold you in the
hollow of His hands.'"

And, "Bless all the gorgeous wives for their efforts in making last year's bash
an outstanding success. Hope I'll see you all this year. As for the two holes-
in-one, just eat your heart out, 'Chuckie Boy'."

Mac is sure that by now Scottie with his mischievous grin and winning personality
has conned St. Peter out of the keys to the wine cellar. He could be just wait-
ing for the rest of us to show up for a real "safari."
DANIEL E. PARKER, SR.
Route 8, #220
St. Joseph, Missouri 64594
816 238-1564 or 3275

He was born October 9, 1920, at 602 Thompson Street, St. Joseph,

Missouri. Attended Hyde School, which was directly across from
his home.

Daniel enlisted in the Marines on September 30, 1940, and took

boot training in San Diego. After that, he was assigned to the
10th Marine Artillery Battalion, and made Pfc. on May 22, 1941.

Shortly thereafter he was transferred to Iceland on the U.S.S.

Haywood, and returned to the States after Pearl Harbor. He then
made corporal, and his unit was regrouped and shipped out to the
South Pacific. He served with the 22nd Marines and various
other outfits in the Marianas and Marshall Islands.

After returning to the United States, Daniel served on Parris

Island and Quantico - discharged in May 1945.

After returning home, he worked briefly at the St. Joe stock-

yards, then worked for Swift & Co. for 20 years, and purchased
at approximately at the same time his first 60-acre farm, which
eventually expanded into 198 acres, on which he still lives.

Daniel raises mostly cattle and grain, still active on the farm.

He has two sons and two daughters, three grand-daughters and one
grandson.
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MELVIN R. PECKOSH
7012 Melburn Road
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
319 393-4486

"Peck" was born and raised in Oxford Junction, Iowa. In 1940 he joined
the Marine Corps and did his boot camp training in San Diego. Then
shipped out thru the Panama Canal to Charleston, South Carolina, where
his division loaded tropical gear and went to Iceland with the 2/D/10,
and was there when Pearl Harbor was bombed.

After ten months in Iceland, Peck returned to San Diego where the 22nd
Marines were formed. Then on to British Samoa and action at Eniwetok
and Kwajalein, and then back to Guadalcanal for R&R. From there his out-
fit blitzed Guam and Saipan. They returned to Hawaii, then Guadalcanal
where they formed the Sixth Marine Division.

After three years in the South Pacific he was sent back to the States
where he was stationed at Parris Island. There Peck ran the .22 rifle
range and then transferred to the .30 caliber range. His time at Parris
Island brought him to meet his bride of 46 years, Myrtle Jordan, a Navy
Wave stationed at the Naval hospital. He was honorably discharged in
1946, and they moved to Michigan where he attended college at Michigan
State.

After graduation Peck worked at a large Kalamazoo nursery for ten years,
and in 1956 moved to Cedar Rapids and he started his landscape/nursery
business.

Peck's family has grown from the two of them to three sons and two daugh-
ters. When he retired from the business he traveled as a sales repres-
entative for a national wholesale nursery for 15 years. Peck's children
are all in related horticultural fields; two own nurseries, and one is a
teacher of horticulture at the college level. And his two daughters own
and operate the family floral business. Eleven grandchildren have
sprouted and some show promise of continuing the family interests.

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HARVEY E. PIERCE
625 Alameda Drive - #16
Ontario, Oregon 97914

The day after Pearl Harbor, Harvey and two

of his buddies decided to enlist in the
service. At that time they lived in T9
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Shelley, Idaho, and the recruiter was in
Idaho Falls, nine miles away.
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So they borrowed a car and went to the JWI1 ••
post office to sign up. They knew they
didn't want to go into the Army, so tossed
a quarter between the Navy or Marines.

After they signed up, the recruiting ser-

geant asked if they wanted the reserves or •
regular. They asked what's the difference
and the sergeant replied "four years for
regular and six months for reserve. Take
the reserve...this war will be over in six
months."

So three years and ten months later Har-

w
vey's 6-plus was over. He went thru boot
camp, platoon 47, in San Diego, and then

to the 5th Battalion, 10th Marines and was

there until 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer Bat-
talion was made up. He was in "B" Battery
then, truck section. He drove a truck un-
til they went overseas. Being short of
trucks, he was sent to Headquarters & Sup-
ply in Samoa. Soon after was sent back to
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"B" Battery in the machine gun section.

Harvey in bed, seasick, before the last

rope was untied on the Lurline, but three
days later was able to get his sea legs,
and enjoyed the trip from then on.

After being sent back to the States Harvey

was at Oak Knoll Naval hospital for a
month or two, where he had his first steak
and chicken and all the beer he could
drink, and did he get sick!

From there he was sent to Klamath Falls,

••• Oregon, where he didn't do much, except a
little hiking or whatever the officers
wanted them to do. Had a 30-day furlough,
the first one in over two years. While on
leave he met a girl who asked if he could
come to her home for Christmas...so he
gook a 15-day leave. That cost him five
days in the brig and 20 hours extra police
duty.
HARVEY E. PIERCE - page two

After six months in Klamath Falls, Harvey was sent to Vallejo, California.
Mare Island, Building 49 was the Navy prison for Navy and Marines, and
Harvey did guard duty there until the end of the war.

When he went home he didn't do much right off. Had to do some girl-chas-
ing and beer drinking. But in 1947 he got married and had to settle
down. He went to Idaho State College for a year in vocational training,
then worked for J. R. Simplot for 21 years in master maintenance and con-
struction. Before he retired from Simplot, he was divorced after 17 years
of marriage, and has been on his own ever since.

Harvey came back from the Oregon coast and went to work for the Elks lodge
where he worked nine years as assistant manager... then retired again. But
went back and is still working three nights a week in the game room, which
lets him have time off for golfing and fishing.
RAYMOND ROBISON
2333 Big Horn
Edmund, Oklahoma 73034
405 340-0858

"Robbie" was born June 2, 1924, in Good-

man, Wisconsin. He graduated three months
early from high school in Hopkins, Mis-
souri, to enlist in the Marine Corps on
March 24, 1943, at Kansas City, Missouri.

He completed boot camp in Platoon 273, and

Class 20 at Field Telephone School, San
Diego, and Field Artillery Communication
training at Camp Pendleton. Robbie then
shipped overseas with the 30th Replacement
Battalion from San Francisco on November
8, 1943. He joined the 2nd Separate Pack
Howitzer Battalion on Maui, and partici-
pated in the Marshall Islands operation
and garrison.

Robbie was shipped to Guadalcanal where

the 1st Provisional Brigade was formed in
preparation for landing on Guam. They
landed south of Agat and he was with the
forward observation with the 22nd on Orote
Peninsula where shrapnel from Japanese
fire was encountered. He had one week's
rest aboard ship and went back to duty.

After the island was secured, they shipped back to Guadalcanal where the 15th
Marines and 6th Division were formed. Then they landed on Okinawa on April
Fool's Day (also Easter Sunday), 1945, at Green 2 near Yontan air strip. Helped
secure the island, and left about July 4th just ahead of the typhoon.

Robbie returned to Guam to train for the landing on Japan, but fortunately VJ
Day ended that schedule, and North China became the destination, where they ob-
served the official surrender of the Japanese at Tsingtao. The next assignment
was guarding the railroad at Peitaiho Junction. He arrived back in San Fran-
cisco December 31, 1945, with his ultimate separation at Camp LeJeune, North
Carolina in March 1946.

Graduating from Iowa State University in 1953, Robbie married Joyce Wright in
July 1954. He joined Wilson Foods, Inc. (meat packer), and retired from there
after 25 years. He now owns Robison Consulting Associates, Inc., Edmond, Okla-
homa, serving the food industry in the areas of industrial engineering and qual-
ity control.

Robbie has two sons and two daughters, with one son, William, the recipient of
the Marine Corps scholarship throughout his college years, graduating from the
University of California, Berkeley, in 1982.
RAYMOND ROBISON - page two

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in August 1944 were (standing): Pfc's R. G. Robison,
D. L. Schensnol, D. L. Gardner, W. H. Harrison, J.
Cullen, R. N. Agnitsch, H. J. Hullinget, E. W. Whit-
taker and G. E. Hastings. Kneeling, Cpl. J. R. Gal-
breath, Pfc. E. M. Oppy, Sgt. Rule Stout, Cpl's M. B.
Jensen, W. M. Malicoat, R. G. Thomas, R. R. Schnurr.
HARRY B. SCHACKNOW
8304 N.W. 59th Street
Tamarac, Florida 33321
305 722-1056

Harry joined the Marines when he was 19, just out of high school. After
boot camp he was assigned to the 22nd Infantry, then transferred to the
7th Defense Battalion.

He joined the battery in British Samoa the early part of 1943, and was
put on one of the howitzers, then was made battalion mail clerk. One
friend he made was Edward Kielb, and they have kept in touch 46 years.

Harry's first engagement was the Marshall Islands, then Eniwetok and
Kwajalien. His next combat was Guam, then as usual they returned to
Guadalcanal, their home training base.

He was discharged September 19, 1945, and married his childhood sweet-
heart, Lee, who he had gone with since 1935. They have a daughter and
two grandchildren, a girl 20 and boy 17.

Harry worked in the textile industry in one form or another as shipping

clerk, stockman, salesman, etc., until retirement in May 1981; and then
moved to Florida where he works part time in an office supply store just
to keep busy.

He had a heart attack five years ago, but now is in fine health.

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H. CURWEN SCHLOSSER
525 Fairfax Road
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
215 622-2208

Curwen worked his way through West Chester, Pennsylvania State Teachers'
College, with a summer job every year at the Sinclair Refining Co. in Mar-
cus Hook, Pa. Every tanker had a forward hold for dry cargo; he was a
stevedore working and sweating, loading those ships.
After he joined the Marines he was sent to Eniwetok to join the 22nd Mar-
ines as a young second lieutenant with lots of training and no experience.
One day he was looking at the fish in the coral reefs when an orderly swam
out and said, "Sir, you are the loading officer of a ship. You must be
ready with all your gear packed in one hour." With the little gear that
one had in the Marine Corps, one hour was more than enough.
It was a random choice, but his experience stood him in good stead. He
had only two oral directives: "Make sure the mens' beer is cared for prop-
erly and securely, and, if you value your career in the Marine Corps, make
double sure the colonel's jeep will be the first vehicle off the ship!"
At Guadalcanal they trained for Guam. Curwen was assistant executive of-
ficer of "B" Battery, 2nd Separate Pack Howitzer Battalion, 22nd Marines
Reinforcement. The officers were:
Jim Haynes, captain - battery commander
George Atkinson, captain - executive officer
Stud Hastings, second lieutenant - reconnaissance officer
Curwen Schloesser, second lieutenant - assistant executive officer
(He was Henry in the Marine Corps, but all the rest of his life
he has been Curwen.)
Alan Scher, second lieutenant - forward observer
Gene Richards, second lieutenant - forward observer
J. P. Abadessa, second lieutenant - maintenance officer
Well trained, off they went to Guam, with 30 days in the Pacific because
of difficulties with the capture of Saipon. Eventually they landed on
Guam, and it was tough. Because of casualties, Curwen became a forward
observer, and found he was very comfortable with and good at directing
field artillery.
After Guam it was back to Guadalcanal for more training and then on to
Okinawa. By this time Curwen was battery commander, but only a first lieu-
tenant. In the Marine Corps' mysterious ways, all the officers had to be
junior to him, so it was a really young outfit. Most of the men were
fresh out of high school, and the officers fresh out of college. Ser-
geant Major Shedd was the oldest man in the battery at 25 years old. Cur-
wen at 24 was the second oldest. The battery performed heroically on
Okinawa, and to quote Curwen, "They were the best!"
When the war was over, Curwen went to China for two weeks, and shipped
for home. He had been trained in education, and became a teacher, an as-
sistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent, and finally sup-
erintendent of schools for 17 years.
He and Anna have two children; a daughter in the Tulsa area with two
daughters, and a son in the Reading, Pa. area with three sons
Curwen and Anna travel extensively, starting a trip to Hawaii in 1968 to
celebrate their 25th anniversary, and since that time one or two major
trips each year. They have been to all seven continents, including An-
tarctica just two years ago.
 H. CURWEN SCHLOSSER - page two

"B" Battery Communications Section. Extreme right, standing, Lt. Hastings, third
from left; kneeling, Sgt. Rule Stout, section chief.

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Standing, George Atkinson, exec; Jim

Haynes, battery commander; C. Schlosser,
asst. exec. Kneeling, Alan Scher, f.o.;
Stud Hastings, r.o.; J. p. Abadessa, Standing, George Atkinson, Hansur, Maz-
maint. o.; Gene Richards, f.o. zola. Kneeling, Curwen Schlosser.

"B" Battery 1st Section. Extreme right, "B" Battery 2nd Section. Extreme left,
Sgt. Deplantis, section chief. Sgt. Foster, section chief.
ROBERT SCHNURR
Lake Villa Apt. #422 - 2501 Sherman Avenue
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho 83814
208 664-6170

Before joining the Marines, Robert attended the University of Idaho from 1937 to Jan-
uary 31, 1942, majoring in accounting and received a B.S. (business) degree. He en-
listed February 4, 1942, and was in boot camp platoon #226, then telephone school and
on to Camp Linda Vista when the 22nd Regiment was formed, June 21, 1942.
Then Robert spent from July 19, 1942 until November 14, 1943, in British and American
Samoa. On to Maui, which he left on January 24, 1944, and to Kwajalien until Feb-
ruary 11, 1944. Eniwetok to March 2, 1944; Guadalcanal to May 28, 1944; Eniwetok
again until May 21 with a couple of stops at Guam, which he left August 31, 1944;
then Guadalcanal again until September 21, 1944.
About the funniest thing Robert remembers about the service was an occasion on Guam
when the battery was not firing, he, Galbreath and Jensen were under a pup tent, and
Robert got the "shakes," but was reluctant to make it public; when all of a sudden
he touched Galbreath and he was shaking as well. All three laughed, and that re-
lieved the tension, so they stopped shaking. -2
Another occasion on Guam Robert was crawling down the trench from the switchboard to
the command post in the middle of the night, and found two guys under a blanket in
the trench, matching pennies with the aid of a flashlight.

On Guam, Robert contacted dengue fever and was sent to a U.S. Naval tent hospital
on Guam, which he left August 31, 1944, and arrived at U.S. Fleet Naval Hospital
#108 on September 21, 1944. He then left Guadalcanal on October 1, 1944 and ar-

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Robert Schnurr San Diego, 1942 Charles Giertsen, Robert Schnurr and
Paul Tonsing, Maui, 1943
ROBERT SCHNURR - page two

rived at Oakland Naval Hospital October ib. He was discharged May 9, 194i>, after
being sent to San Diego and Banning, California.

Robert met Berenice Roy in San Diego March 8, 1945, and left with her to go to
Spokane with the intention of getting a job. He succeeded, and was employed at
a packing company where he had worked the summers of 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941.
He started work June 1, 1945 and was there until December 30, 1949.

In the meantime Berenice came to Potlatch, Idaho, where they were married in August
1945. They honeymooned at a lake where Robert's folks had a summer cabin, then
moved to Spokane on September 1, 1945, where they lived until 1968, when they moved
to Rockford Bay on Coeur D'Alene Lake, Idaho.
Their son Frederick R. was born October 18, 1946, and Robert left the packing com-
pany December 30, 1949, and was sworn in as an Internal Revenue agent on January 3,
1950. He served with the U.S. Treasury until October 1, 1976. The enlistment in the
Marines plus Treasury time gave him 30 years, and allowed him to retire when he was
58 years old.
The I.R.S. duty was entirely in Spokane, where he audited income tax returns in East-
ern Washington and one two-month period in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Their son and his wife Cecelia presented them with two grandkids. They all live on
Quadra Island (near Campbell River on Vancouver Island, B.C.) He is employed in a
building supply business as a partner, and is doing great.
Robert and Berenice had a dream home built in 1967-68, and commuted into Spokane 70
miles each day for eight years, but loved living on the lake. They had a 17-foot
boat and fished, water skiied and hiked.
They commenced traveling in 1973, when they took a 31-day trip to Samoa, Fiji, New
Zealand and Tahiti. They stayed at Aggie Grey's Hotel in Apia while in Western
Samoa. Again in 1977 they went to Samoa, and lived in "fales" on Savaii as well
as in Apia, and saw Aggie Grey again.
Since that time they have taken a total of 30 foreign trips to Singapore, Japan, Ger-
many, England and Brazil, many being trips where they stayed in private homes. They
in turn have hosted Germans, Japanese, Brazilians and New Zealanders.
This past year they have traveled with a North Idaho College group when they went to
Crete and Greece. They have logged over a quarter million air miles in the time from
1973 to 1990.
They sold their home on the lake in 1986 because they were traveling so much and the
care of the property on the beach became a bit too much. They now have a very nice
apartment in Coeur D'Alene, and belong to an athletic club where they use the ma-
chines and do water aerobics to keep in good health.
JOHN STRONGOSKY
21 Robin Road
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136
412 787-1464

On September 16, 1940, when the draft was

started, John was 17 years old. While
waiting to be drafted, he got a job as a
driller's helper for a strip mine opera-
tion, and had a lot of fun playing ball,
chasing girls and all of that stuff. So
after Pearl Harbor he enlisted, as he was
going to be drafted anyway.
John was one of the first to go from the
small town of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania,
about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, en fgf*R'-'!v
listing on January 21, 1942. He went to
boot camp in San Diego, and still remembers
that experience. One time the platoon had
a wake for a sand flea one of the boys
killed, and the d.i. went nuts. That flea
was in the Corps for a long time and bit a
lot of famous people, being the mascot of
Platoon #157.
The platoon paid dearly every day for kill-
ing that sand flea, and that was just the
beginning of a lot of insane things that
went on. The platoon went to San Luis Ob-
ispo to fire the range, an Army camp, and
they were the first Marines to use the
camp, going to great lengths to outshine the Army. From there John went back to San
Diego, then to Mare Island for guard duty. He joined the 22nd when they were being
formed at Camp Linda Vista the early part of 1942.
Then the outfit was shipped to Samoa for 18 months or so, and after that the Marshall
and Guam campaigns. After Guam, John was shipped back to the States and received a
delay enroute from the west coast to the east coast. For some reason the Marines
didn't give furloughs during the war, but with a delay enroute they could call you
back any time. So he was home for about 20 days, having a wonderful time, when he
received a telephone call to report to Cherry Point, North Carolina Air Station. He
stayed there a few weeks, then was shipped back to the west coast for reassignment
overseas again.
But luckily the Marines adopted the point system and that stopped him going to the
South Pacific again. John stayed in California a few weeks fighting fires, then he
was shipped to Camp LeJeune for discharge. He kicked around for a year and a half,
then took a job with a construction company. His girl friend caught up with him,
and he got married to Ann. They have three beautiful children, a boy and two girls;
six grandsons and one granddaughter.
John retired as foreman and supervisor after 30 years. Then spent three winters in
Hawaii, as he has a son stationed there in the Navy. He spent a few summers in the
Sierra Nevadas prospecting, which he loves.
During school and most of his life John has been known as "Slick" or "Ski." For a
time he was called "Russian" in the Corps, although his ancestry is not Russian, it's
Ukraine.
RALPH THOMAS
26500 North Good Hope Road
Athol, Idaho 83801
208 683-2206

Ralph enlisted in the Marines February 6, 1942 and after boot camp
was sent to the 22nd Regiment, which was being formed, at Linda
Vista in April or May of 1942.

The unit had beven been to Iceland, but many of the NCO's had
served there with other units.

The 22nd Marines Reinforced left San Diego on July 19, 1942 and
ended up in British Samoa. After being rotated home with the guys
Ralph was assigned to duty at the Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washing-
ton, which was not far to his home near Spokane. It was good duty
in Bremerton, and after a year he was sent home on February 6, 1946.

Ralph's home town was Reardan, population 421, about 20 miles west
of Spokane, and he went to work in a local hardware store. On the
GI Bill, Ralph attended college at WSC in Pullman, Washington,
where he finished up in 1948, graduating as a forester.

In the meantime Ralph met and married Evelyn, an Idaho girl, so they
settled in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for ten years. Then they sold the
house they had built and moved north 20 miles onto a farm and 240
timbered acres. Thirty years later, they are still in the same lo-
cation.

Ralph's family grew to include four, two boys and two girls, and now
to six grandchildren; all of whom are doing fine. His major job has
been as a public school teacher for 25 years at the elementary level
which he enjoyed very much...but has been retired from the classroom
for several years.

A lot of things have happened to Ralph and Evelyn in this span of

years, and most of them have been good. They just passed their 44th
year of marriage, and Ralph admits that the best thing that ever
happened to him was his marriage to Evelyn.

They are members of the Friends church and have been Christians for
many years. Both are in good health.
PAUL M. TONSING
6908 Sheridan
Fort Worth, Texas 76134
817 293-7394

Paul was born in Atchison, Kansas, on

March 3, 1917. His father was a Luth-
eran minister who married the daugh-
ter of the governor of Kansas. They Wt
had eight children, of whom Paul was
the youngest.
Unable to make a living as a preach-
er, Paul's father started a small
printing business, and all his broth-
ers and sisters learned that trade
starting at age 12.
Upon graduation from high school, and
death of his father, Paul moved to Los
Angeles and worked as a printer on the
Los Angeles Times until early 1941,
when the draft was nipping at his
heels.
A friend was impressed by the dress
blues of a recruiter, and various
promises made by this character, so
Paul joined up, and went thru boot
camp at San Diego. After boot camp,
by the simple process of alphabet-
ical order, and no tests of any kind,
Paul was selected for radio school at the Marine base. It turned out he had ab-
solutely no aptitude for radio code, much in vogue at the time...but it didn't
matter, as the radios didn't work anyway. So he spent his communication career
carrying 45-pound radios on his back for decoration, then setting them aside
and string wire across the boonies for telephone communication.
Paul joined "B" Battery at Camp Linda Vista, and as he was a "liberty hound,"
found it frustrating that there was little transportation into San Diego and Los
Angeles. Many of his friends resorted to the simple expedient of stealing a car
when they were ready to return to the base, and just leaving it at the gate. It
was a ritual several times a week for the San Diego police to come out to the
base and tow the cars back to town that had been "borrowed." So Paul bought an
old 1931 Chevy sedan for $35 and immediately gained popularity.
As he didn't know when he would be shipped overseas, Paul set up a deal with one
of his friends in Los Angeles to come pick up the car if he didn't hear from Paul
within a prescribed time. When Paul was loaded on the Lurline, this friend got
the car, used it a while, then sold it and pocketed the money. End of this rela-
tionship.
The trip on the Lurline was uneventful, except the outfit didn't know where they
were going, and only found out when the first native climbed over the rail in
Samoa. "B" Battery set up camp in tents near the airport, about 20 miles from
the only town on the island, Apia. Being a city boy, this small metropolis at-
tracted Paul, and he often hitchhiked into town, with or without liberty.
One of the officers had a girl friend installed in a house, and became incensed
PAUL TONSING - page two

When he caught an enlisted man courting

her, so declared Apia off limits. This
slowed down the visits somewhat to Apia,
so Paul took to volunteering, in spite
of the old service axiom to never vol-
unteer for anything.
Among the estra chores was the garbage
run, which took practically all day,
was past spectacular scenery, and avoid-
ed the monotony of endless drills where
the battery had to disassemble the guns,
crouch down in a simulated landing barge
made of coconut logs, then climb over
the sides and run across a field with
the various components, and reassemble
the guns in a prescribed time. Anyway,
Paul got his only wound in the war...
he fell off the garbage truck and broke
his clavicle. While attending a movie
one night, with a cast across his
shoulders and white hospital shirt, he
was chewed out by a zealous officer for
not being in uniform.
While on Upolu, "B" Battery was in-
structed to post guards around a PX
warehouse belonging to the CB's posted
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there. The stock was slim, but the bat-
tery area was awash in Christmas candy
wrappers in August, everybody had sev-
eral razors, and several of the guards got sick from drinking too much cran-
berry juice on duty.
When the outfit went to Maui, Paul came down with mu-mu (filaisis/elephant-
itis) and was shipped to the hospital on Maui. Then to the naval hospital in
Oakland. After treatment, he served briefly with the hospital MP's, then was
transferred to the Depot of Supplies in San Francisco. There he met Martha
Pittenger, a Marine girl, and they were married. A lady captain didn't ap-
prove of inter-service marriages, so promptly had Paul transferred back to
Camp Pendleton for reassignment overseas. After brief stints with a fire
brigage, base printing office, and stint as company clerk, Paul managed a
transfer back to San Francisco, and was discharged there in 1945.
After almost 39 years of happy marriage, three fine children and six grand-
children, Martha died in 1983. Paul subsequently married Toney Kavanagh, the
widow of an Air Force man, and they honeymooned in Western Samoa. Aggie
Grey, said to be the model for the book and movie's "Bloody Mary" in "South
Pacific, has a beautiful hotel complex in Apia, and though getting very old,
had happy memories of the "Malinges."
Paul started a printing company in Fort Worth in 1962, and it prospered,
growing to 215 employees in 1986, when he sold out and retired. The buyer
raped and ran, and associates of Paul got the company back with a tremendous
debt load due to the leveraged buyout, and it is trying to recover now.
Paul has had a wonderful life, taking over 30 cruises, with two of them
around the world. Been in some 38 countries, several many times. He has
learned to fly, built a custom car, restored an antique car, trailered, owned
horses, boated, ballooned twice in Africa, and as his latest project writ-
ten a novel, and is presently working on another.
WILLIAM L. TVEIT
4782 Arisonz St. - #5
San Diego, California 92116

Retired as a staff sergeant in 1962 after 20 years, 1 month and 12

days active service in the Marines.

He was put on the disability retired list, due to the effect of wounds
from the Korean war.

After World War II, Bill did duty overseas in China, Japan, Korea,
Okinawa and Guam.

Stateside he covered almost all bases: Camp Pendleton, Camp LeJeune,

Pensacola, Great Lakes, Washington, D.C., El Toro and a tour of recruit-
ing duty in Ohio.

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"Uncle Rule" Stout and R. G. Van Melvin Jensen, Camp Linda Vista,
Buskirk, Samoa, 1942. 1942.

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Moody Shimke, Camp Linda Vista, 1942. Barney Welch, Samoa, 1942,
MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES FROM BATTERY "B"

Paul Tonsing, John Carroll and Mel

Jenieh, Camp Linda Vista, 1942.
Joe Piatek, Samoa, 1942.

"Uncle Rule" Stout, Samoa, 1942. Charles F. Giertsen, Samoa, 1942,

MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES FROM BATTERY "B"

Charles F. Giertsen, Maui, 1943. John Huss, Samoa, 1942,

Joe Piatek, Kajawa and John Huss,

Samoa, 1942. R. V. Van Buskirk, Samoa, 1942.
MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES FROM BATTERY "B"

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Mel Jensen, John Carroll and Paul Tonsing

enjoying a rare bath in Maui, 1942.

Members of "B" Battery, but who?

(Contributed by Charles Alakson.)
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THE 1992 BATTERY "B" REUNION AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JUNE 12-13-14 .'.

TOP ROW: Robert Massey, Fred Moss, Edward Kielb, Mel Jensen, Charles Alakson, Al Maschke,
John Strongosky, Paul Tonsing, Paul Brennan and Al Lange.

MIDDLE ROW: Harold Briscoe, Dan Parker, Russ Stephens, John Colle, Pinky Peckosh, Raymond
Robison and Jackson Glance.

BOTTOM ROW: Archie Inman, George Diamond and Leon McAlister.

LADIES AT THE 1992 MARINE "B" BATTERY REUNION AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JUNE 12-13-14

TOP ROW: Marion Diamond, Carol Moss, Virginia Brennan, Joyce Robison, Ann Strongosky,
Toney Tonsing, Jan Massey, Vivian Maschke, Dorothy Alakson and Irene Colle.

MIDDLE ROW: Gloria Parker, Maria Kelb, Neli Briscoe, Anna Lange, Myrtle Peckosh and
Lucy Jensen.

ON THE FLOOR: Phyllis Stephens and Flora Inman.

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