WWII vets, this is for you.

Rhyner.com ^ | Aug. 18, 2009 | pansgold

[pansgold]

OFFICIAL U.S.M.C. COMBAT PHOTOS OF CHINA, GUAM, OKINAWA & IWO JIMA

Those that served in the Pacific will remember these 100 photos from the USMC's fight there.

http://www.rhyner.com/photos/china.html

My father passed away some time ago. He brought these home. He was in all 4 places. He was in the 1st. Division 1st. Regiment 3d Marine Amphibious Brigade

pansgold Viet Nam Era vet

[A_Former_Democrat]

Bookmark the balance for later.

God bless to your beloved father and to all veterans . . . I can’t possibly imagine the bravery.

[Irisshlass]

Thank-you..my father was a Marine...stationed in China 3 years.

[unkus]

Thank you very much.

[Melian]

They’re wonderful. I’m amazed at how clear they are.

My father was a private in the Army (132nd Field Artillery, Battery B, 36th Texas Division, 5th and 7th Army). It was the first army in Italy, France, and Germany and he’s an honorary citizen of Texas because he served with them!

[pansgold]

Dad told me that China was the coldest place he’d ever been. That’s cold since he lived in Wisconsin and remembers -40C or -40F they are the same at that temperature.

[OCC]

Bookmarked. Thanks for sharing your Fathers part of History.

[Irisshlass]

Well I use to go camping with my girlfriends all year round...up in Michigan *grin*. My father did not like camping. Maybe it was because of the cold. I thought it was because of his tour in China and being a former marine...My father passed on 15 years ago...he didn't tell me much, but I do have a few pictures, the rest are spread around between my 8 brother and sisters...I'll scan and post them tomorrow if don't mind.

[OCC]

Wow! Is this any different than the OV-1 Bird Dog in Vietnam?

[TonyInOhio]

These are wonderful photos, and I'm really glad you decided to share them with us.

I did business with an older gent, now gone, who was a member of the 5th Marine Division. Iwo Jima was his first action, and all he ever said about the battle was that he survived it. That spoke volumes.

[OCC]

sorry about not resizing the image

[NavyCanDo]

Got it bookmarked, Thanks for the link.

My Dad was on the USS Mississippi and saw service at Peleliu, the Battle of Surigao Strait, Leyte Gulf where it was hit by a kamakazi, and Okinawa where another kamakazi stuck her. His ship anchored in Tokyo Bay, witnessed the signing of the surrender documents.

[smokingfrog]

Great pictures!

[freema]

Pictures from pansgold, whose father was in all 4 places shown at the link [CHINA, GUAM, OKINAWA & IWO JIMA] with the 1st Division 1st Regiment 3d Marine Amphibious Brigade

http://www.rhyner.com/photos/china.html

[JerseyJohn61]

Thanks PansGold.

My 91 y/o dad(still here and well) was a Tech in the Army's
532 Amphibious engineers. 3 combat landings on New Guinea
and 1 with the Invasion of the Philippines. He was awarded
a Purple Heart for the latter landing.

I'm proud of the old boy...

JJ61

[Ditto]

Great photos. Thanks to you and your father.

[JerseyJohn61]

My wife's late father also sailed into Tokyo Bay.
I believe that he was aboard the Destroyer USS Vesuvius.

JJ61

[unkus]

I’m proud of the old boy...

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My dad would have been 91 last April. He was in CBI and in the early stages of the Occupation of Japan. God bless them all.

[JerseyJohn61]

Yes Unkus, God Bless your Dad and all of them.

What was CBI?

My dad's outfit was shipped off to Korea after the end of
hostilities. He landed at Inchon in latter portion of
1945 and served with the occupation force there for a few
weeks before discharge.

JJ61

[dcwusmc]

I’ve a good friend at my VFW post who was on Iwo Jima...he’ll love these, I’m sure!

[Redhd2]

Thanks for posting these pictures. My cousin was in the 6th Marines
and in the Okinawa invasion, I believe, or Iwo Jima, then went on with the 6th into China to accept the Japanese surrender/s.

I’ll be sure he gets these photos. He’s in his eighties now but still
in good shape. Semper Fi.

[Marine_Uncle]

Great pics from the past.

[Tahoe3002]

read later

[RaceBannon]

-20C and -20F are the same, but when you get that low, who can tell??

[RaceBannon]

Your comment on the website:
Medals
The China Service Medal-for serving in China
Presidential Unit Citation-given to the 1st Marine Division
by the President of the U.S. with 2 stars in it, one for
Peleliu and one for Okinawa campaign
American theater of War-for serving in the U.S.
Asiatic Pacific-with 2 stars for Peleliu and Okinawa

You get the medal with NO STAR

If he got a STAR, that means he got it twice

if he has TWO stars, that mans he got it THREE times!

That means your dad got the PUC 3 TIMES!!

WOW!!

[pansgold]

http://www.rhyner.com/photos/harold_documents/president.jpg

He was also proud of this form letter or not.

[pansgold]

not in my world. the only place C and F are equal is -40 degrees.

[RaceBannon]

Hmmm, I always thought it was -20...

[RaceBannon]

that letter is way kewel

[pansgold]

Nope. I was plant engineer for Kraft Foods in Tulare, CA for years and ran the boilers and refrigeration. -20C is -4F

[RaceBannon]

I had to do the math to check myself yestarday!

ahh, old age has hit me!

[pansgold]

Our family received this one from President Clinton after my dad died in 1994.

http://www.rhyner.com/photos/harold_documents/president2.jpg

[pansgold]

X2

I just hit 60

[RaceBannon]

50 6 days ago!

[CRBDeuce]

The L-4 was the Piper J-3, milspec...the Bird Dog is a Cessna 170 derivative, originally L-19, later the O-1, O-1G, etc.

[Dubya]

[Dubya]

[Dubya]

[zoomie81]

God Bless your father. My father was in the 6th Marine Division in China. He'll enjoy seeing the photos on this link .