Posts Tagged ‘Saipan’
Guam, Saipan, Leyte, Kwajalein, Invasion of Tarawa, Philippines and Okinawa, USS Sheridan
In U.S. Navy, World War II on April 24, 2013 at 2:38 am
By the time this picture was taken, Harold Tyson who lives in River Walk mobile home park North Port, Fla., was a quartermaster 2nd class with three years at sea at the helm of Attack Transport-51, the USS Sheridan. He saw action during many of the major battles in the Pacific in the Second World War. He was 20 years old, home from the war at the time of this picture was taken. Photo provided
Harold Tyson was a teenage quartermaster 2nd class at the helm of the USS Sheridan (APA-51), an attack transport, in seven major Pacific battles during World War II. He and his ship took part in the Invasion of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Philippines and Okinawa, the largest island engagement during the Second World War.
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Dukws, Iwo Jima, LST-121, Okinawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Suribachi
In U.S. Navy, World War II on April 17, 2013 at 2:38 am
Lt. Earl Swillum is pictured in his Navy dress uniform during World War II. Photo provided
The hand-written note on the back of the framed 8 X 10-inch black and white photo on the wall of Earl Swillum’s Port Charlotte, Fla. home reads: “Iwo Jima, Day 3.” On the flip side it shows LST-121 on the beach with its bow in the island’s black volcanic sand two days before the Marines put an American flag atop Mount Suribachi. Read the rest of this entry »
Mayo Clinic, Saipan, Suicide Beach
In U. S. Army, World War II on April 27, 2012 at 4:38 am
1st Lt. Bette Horstman at a hospital unit in Saipan at the close of World War II. Photo provided
Bette Horstman of Port Charlotte, Fla. was a physical therapist who graduated from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. near the end of World War II, joined the Army and was sent to Saipan as a 2nd lieutenant to help the troops recover from war wounds. Read the rest of this entry »
Guam, Kamikaze, Leyte Gulf, Marshall Islands, Okinawa, Saipan, USS Comet
In U.S. Navy, World War II on March 16, 2012 at 4:38 am
Robert Johnson holds a picture of himself and his four brothers who all served in World War II or the Korean War. The picture was taken in 1948 at Robert’s wedding. Sun photo by Don Moore
D-Day was June 15, 1944. It was the baptism of fire for the crew of the new attack transport USS Comet (APA-166) off Saipan Island in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands chain during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
"Kaiser Coffin", Admiral Chester Nimitz, Battleship Row, Ford Island, General N.B. Stewart, Kwajalein, Leyete Gulf, Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Saipan, USS West Virginia, USS Windham Bay, Wheeler Field
In Pearl Harbor Survivor, U.S. Navy, World War II on February 24, 2012 at 4:38 am
Dale Augerson of Rotonda, Fla. looks at a picture of the USS West Virginia going up in flames at dockside during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. He served as a baker aboard the battleship during the attack 54 years ago today. Sun photo by Don Moore
When the Japanese attacked the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, Baker 3rd Class Dale Augerson had just put a batch of apple pies in the oven aboard the battleship USS West Virginia. The battleship was moored at “Battleship Row,” together with most of the fleet’s other capital ships. Read the rest of this entry »
Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of the Philippine Sea, Guam, Honshu, Iwo Jima, Kwajalein, Majuro, Nansei Shoto, Okinawa, Saipan, Truk
In U.S. Navy, World War II on February 3, 2012 at 4:38 am
Seaman 2/C John Wisse is pictured at 20 in his Navy dress uniform. Photo provided
It wasn’t the bombing of the carrier USS Franklin off the coast of Japan on March 19, 1945, or the attack by 31 Kamikazes on the four destroyers leading the Franklin’s task force off Okinawa on April 14, 1945, that John Wisse of Rotonda, Fla. considers his worst day in World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
2nd Marine Division, Distinguished Service Medal, George Company, Nagasaki, Purple Heart, Saipan, Tinian, World War II Victory Medal
In Purple Heart, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on August 22, 2011 at 4:38 am
Nick Melone of Port Charlotte, Fla. holds a Japanese battle flag he captured as a Marine while fighting during the Battle of Saipan in the closing months of World War II. Sun photo by Don Moore
Nick Melone of Port Charlotte, Fla. sat in a big gray cushy chair, a tether running from his nose to a nearby oxygen bottle. He reached for a folded flag stuffed in the top of a blue plastic storage tub of World War II memorabilia. The 89-year-old Marine sergeant shook the folds out of the white cotton flag with a bright red sun in the center - it was a Japanese battle flag signed by members of the enemy soldier’s unit. Read the rest of this entry »
Angaur, Eniwetok, Guam, Kwajalein, Leyte, Lingayen, Okinawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Tinian, USS Pennsylvania, Wake
In Purple Heart, U.S. Navy, World War II on July 13, 2011 at 4:38 am
Drennon Judy is lined up on the deck of the Battleship Pennsylvania to receive his Purple Heart along with seven other sailors. He is the third seaman from the left. Photo provided
Drennon Judy was a quartermaster who served aboard the Battleship USS Pennsylvania. He saw action during many of the major battles in the Pacific during World War II. Read the rest of this entry »
90 Day Wonder, DUWKs, Higgins Boats, Iwo Jima, James Forrestal, Peleliu, Saipan, Suribachi, Tinian
In World War II on May 20, 2011 at 4:38 am
Earl Swillum of Port Charlotte, Fla. holds a letter he received from the Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal thanking him for his service in World War II. Sun photo by Don Moore
Earl Swillum went aboard an LST as a “90-Day Wonder” third officer and sailed into the war zone at the Battle for Saipan. Before the fighting in the Pacific was over he and the LSTH-121, which also served as ahospital ship, took part in three other major battles during World War II.
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43rd Infantry division, Kamikazes, Okinawa, Saipan, USS Clinton, Yokohama
In U.S. Navy, World War II on April 18, 2011 at 4:38 am
Clyde Leininger was a 19-year old sailor when he married Marjorie in a courthouse ceremony in Long Beach, Calif. four days before his ship sailed to the Pacific late in World War II. Photo provided
Right out of high school Clyde Leininger, who lives in Alligator Mobile Home Park south of Punta Gorda, Fla. joined the Naval Aviation Cadet Program to become a pilot. Before he got his wings the program was canceled in October 1944 because the Navy had too many pilots.
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Bougainville, Fletcher Class destroyer, Guam Palau, Iwo Jima, Leyte Gulf, Mount Suribachi, Okinawa, Saipan, Surigao Strait, US Navy, USS Hudson
In Navy, World War II on December 24, 2010 at 4:38 am
Richard Berry is pictured in his 20s when he graduated from Navy bootcamp during World War II. Photo provided
Electronics Technician 2nd Class Richard Berry of Venice served aboard the USS Hudson (DD-470), on picket duty off Iwo Jima and Okinawa during the closing months of World War II.
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Chalan Kanoa, Mount Fina Susu, Regimental Combat Team 24, Saipan, Super Fortress, Western Union
In Marines, Presidential Unit Citation, Purple Heart, World War II on November 15, 2010 at 4:38 am
Cpl. Ed Bremen is presented the Purple Heart at a ceremony in California in 1945 at the hospital where he was recovering from a battle wound he received on Saipan. He was a member of the 4th Marine Division. Photo provided
Ed Bremen was a Marine sharpshooter in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division. He became a Browning Automatic Weapon man who saw action in the Pacific on Roi and Namur islands near Kwajalein Atoll in February 1944 and Saipan in the Mariana Island chain in June, 1944. He was wounded there and spent the next 16 months recuperating in a trio of hospitals throughout the country.
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