Frank H. Vargas, former Baker Company rifleman, passed away in Chicago last month. He enlisted at the age of eighteen, trained at Camp Pendleton with… Read More »Frank Hernandez Vargas (August 20, 1924 – January 5, 2014)
Another First Battalion veteran has left us. Dale Henry Noyes was born and raised in Victor, Iowa; he grew up on the family farm, graduated… Read More »Dale Henry Noyes (January 21, 1923 – January 17, 2014)
Seventy years ago today, the Fourth Marine Division invaded the tiny islands of Roi and Namur in the Kwajalein atoll, part of the Marshall Islands.… Read More »Baptism of Fire
An official USMC photograph of three Marines from the comms platoon of HQ/1/24. Knobeloch and Petersen were radio repairmen; Letcher was a veteran radio operator.
It’s difficult to identify the Marines one sees in pictures. This is particularly true when the photo is taken by someone from outside the unit.… Read More »In The Field
Day is done, gone the sun From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky All is well, safely rest God is nigh. Corpsman Thomas… Read More »Taps, 2013
I found two obituaries today, both for First Battalion marines who passed away in 2013 – Harlan C. Jeffery (February 26, 2013) and Ernest M.… Read More »Brothers In Arms
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This has been quite the day for photographs. Lieutenant Endecott “Oz” Osgood joined the Marine Corps in 1941, not long after graduating from Carleton College… Read More »Oz On Saipan
This afternoon, I received two never before seen photographs of First Battalion officers in 1945. These great pictures are courtesy of Dr. Richards P. Lyon,… Read More »1/24 Officers in 1945