Don Moore

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He was a Marine doctor at Guadalcanal, New Briton in WW II

In U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on January 7, 2013 at 4:38 am
Lt. j.g. Vernon Martens served in Marine legend "Chesty" Puller's battalion during the battles for Guadalcanal and New Briton in the Pacific during World War II. Sun photo by Don Moore

Lt. j.g. Vernon Martens served in Marine legend “Chesty” Puller’s battalion during the battles for Guadalcanal and New Briton in the Pacific during World War II.           Sun photo by Don Moore

Lt. j.g. Vernon Martens United States Marine Corps was in the first wave of “Leathernecks” on the beach at Guadalcanal on Aug. 7, 1942. A doctor in the 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, he came ashore with his 1906 Springfield rifle in one hand and his medical supplies in the other. Read the rest of this entry »

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Phu Bai was Lt. Col. John Campbell’s baptism of fire after decades in Corps

In U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam on January 4, 2012 at 4:38 am

Capt. John Campbell is shown when he worked for the Marine Corps in the Philadelphia, Pa. area during the 1950s. He served 28 years in the Corps. Photo provided

John Campbell was gung-ho to join the Marine Corp. He quit high school in his sophomore year at 17 and became a “Leatherneck” in 1946. Read the rest of this entry »

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Iwo Jima photographed by Lou Lowery a Marine photographer 65 years ago

In U.S. Marine Corps on February 14, 2011 at 4:38 am

Marines put up the second American flag atop Mount Suribachi and take down the first flag on Feb. 23, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II. Photo provided by Dick Honyak

Dick Honyak walked into the Charlotte Sun newspaper office in Englewood, Fla. six years ago and dropped a big, thick, loose leaf notebook full of 8 by 10 black and white photographs on my desk. The historic photos were of the Marines taking Iwo Jima from the Japanese at the close of World War II. Read the rest of this entry »

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Lt. Col. John Murphy received 2 DFCs in Vietnam flying choppers and spotter planes

In U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam War on January 31, 2011 at 4:38 am

Capt. John Murphy of Punta Gorda, Fla. prepares to land his Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter on a battlefield somewhere in Vietnam. Photo provided

John Thomas Murphy was a Marine pilot who flew helicopters and observation planes in Vietnam during his two combat tours. He received a Distinguished Flying Cross on each deployment while piloting an H-34 helicopter and   a OV-10 Bronco twin-engine spotter plane into withering North Vietnam Army fire.

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