Author and military historian, creator of MissingMarines, and relative of 1Lt. Philip Emerson Wood, Jr., A/1/24.
Carlton Appleby, formerly Lieutenant Appleby of B/1/24 (and later of 1/7th Marines in Korea) passed away last Monday, December 14. He was 92. Mr. Appleby was… Read More »Last Muster: Carlton R. Appleby (1923-2015)
Photo Source Of the hundreds of decorated Marines who served in 1/24, only a handful were eligible to wear this medal. The American Defense Service… Read More »In It From The First: The Pearl Harbor Contingent
Time to blow some of the dust off the “post” button on this website (we’ve been wearing out the “new page” function lately, more on… Read More »Going In, Passing Away, Adding On.
From the October, 1945 muster roll of 1/24. Major Irving Schechter, the last battalion commander, closed the accounts of the handful of men remaining in… Read More »Disbanding
A quick update for blog followers: I met a gent named Bill Michels, Jr. at the reunion. Bill’s dad, 1Lt. William Michels Sr., was a… Read More »New Site: Fourth Marine Division Forum
So, where’s the rest of your party? The gentleman posing this admittedly legitimate question is seated behind a folding card table in the Hospitality Room.… Read More »Final Muster: Monday
Long story short: The Fourth Marine Division Association is folding this year. But first–there’s one last liberty call in Jacksonville, North Carolina. I got my… Read More »Final Muster: Part I
In the previous post, I mentioned a lesson learned in my graduate program: history does not repeat, it echoes, and historians are responsible for those… Read More »The Letters.
As a child, I loved the Fourth of July. It meant loading the blue Plymouth Voyager with beach balls, lawn chairs, sunblock and sand pails, and… Read More »The Legacy of July 5.
It has been a long eighteen months, but regular updates will resume soon. Mostly, because I’ve finished this. More to come, as we approach the… Read More »Returning.