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HQ Battalion?
By: TRGodwin Date: May 19, 2024, 12:21 am
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Is that Shoup in the middle here? Looks to have a cigar in his
hand. See Edson and Smith. In Hawaii before Saipan?
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: gunnygp Date: May 19, 2024, 2:08 pm
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Yep. Looks like David M. Shoup to me.
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: TRGodwin Date: May 19, 2024, 2:51 pm
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Thanks, Gunny. Got another one that had some names I did not
see. Smith, Shoup, Edson.. I had. Names I do not know. Lt Col
Cook, Lt Col Colley, Lt Col Goen and a Capt O'hara. No first
names. Will have to look at muster rolls. Was betting on this
being at Parker Ranch and believe I got it. See pic below.
Modern vs old of main house. Although looks like there's been
some updates, both have same lattice works. I would bet these
are rare but I lose more than I win :) Pictures courtesy of the
daughter of Lt Col Carl Mesmer's daughter. He was surviving
officer of E22 at Tarawa. 2nd LT then and was in charge of the
weapons platoon.
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: TRGodwin Date: May 20, 2024, 12:23 pm
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These in pic. Have to sort out where. All at Tarawa:
Lt Col Thomas J. Colley (Intelligence officer under Hermle)
Lt Col Jesse S. Cook Jr. (Logistics officer under Smith))
Lt Col Dixon Goen (ExO under Shoup)
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: jstevens Date: May 21, 2024, 1:09 pm
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There is a book by a 2nd Div Interpreter that has some info on
Colley. I have it at home.
Jon
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: TRGodwin Date: May 21, 2024, 7:24 pm
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2nd picture had last names. Filled them in I believe. Mesmer not
in first one so think he took the first one. 9 in each so there
is an unknown in the 1st one. Quite the gallery....
Standing left to right :
Lt Col Jesse S. Cook Jr.
Lt Col Thomas J. Colley
Lt Col Dixon Goen
Major Homer Edward Hire
Sitting left to right :
Captain John R. O'hara
Maj Gen Julian C. Smith
Col David M. Shoup
Brig General Merritt A. Edson
1st Lt Carl W. Mesmer
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: gunnygp Date: May 22, 2024, 12:52 pm
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Anyone know the name of the 6th Marines S2 Officer who was
killed along with a couple of other men on Betio after the
island was secured?
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Re: HQ Battalion?
By: TRGodwin Date: May 27, 2024, 5:22 pm
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Gunny, I lost my 6th Marine musters for Nov 43. Have to go back
and extract again at some point. You can probably leave an
inquiry on Missingmarines.com... I'm sure he would show up on
the map "The cost of Tarawa" but it's not sortable by anything
other than name. Tried to go down starting at A but did not make
it too far...
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