View Full Version : MCB, San Diego, 1943
The following is a transcript of a letter dated March 2, 1943 which is signed by BGen James L. Underhill, Commanding, MCB, San Diego.
"To the personnel of the Marine Corps Base:
The Marine Corps Base, San Diego, California, has but one principal war-time function: To be of service to the Marine Corps' combat units.
This is accomplished by giving basic training to thousands of recruits destined for our corps and division troops, by turning out trained cooks, bakers, bandsmen, trumpeters, drummers, motor vehicle drivers and mechanics, clerks, first sergeants, field telephone operators, field radio operators, and sea school graduates, by acting as an intermediate source of supply, by hauling thousands of men and tons of stores for nearby Fleet Marine Force organizations, and by quartering and subsisting transient units.
We are thus school, depot, transport agent and hotel keeper. The interests of each could clash with the others except that each agency has felt and acted as part of a team whose concerted effort is necessary to pile up the maximum score in furtherance of corps and division plans.
This team work has characterized the work of all Base personnel and is responsible for the successful performance of the mission of the Base. It has taken a great deal of initiative, cooperation, attention to duty, hard work, and the subordination of personal interests on the part of all concerned.
I extend to you my appreciation of these qualities which you have displayed and am confident that your efforts will not falter in the strenuous days still to come."
J. L. Underhill
Brigadier General, U. S. Marine Corps
Commanding
Recruits arrive at MCB, San Diego
recruit "dungaree" issue....
Marines practising with their tractors.....
more tractor practise....
Field instruction on ignitions and carburetors......
(cool spats!! :) )
Service Battalion, MCB, San Diego emblem...
Group D Mechanics
First Row: Sgt Vernon C. Dewey, PFC Charles W. Campbell, PFC Cecil R. Hughes, Pvt Joseph G. Adams, Pvt Junior F. Baker
Second Row: Pvt William R. Banks, Pvt Irvin L. Bassham, Pvt William D. Burns, Pvt Clarence J. Burris, Pvt Bernard J. Chaplain
Third Row: Pvt Nino Chavez, Pvt Willis Cramer, Pvt Vernon A. Dunn, Pvt Robert J. Erisman, Pvt Daniel C. Espino
Fourth Row: Pvt Leonard J. Glodowski, Pvt John R. Goaring, Pvt Coolidge M. Graves, Pvt William J. Hefner, Pvt Rex V. Ingram
Fifth Row: Pvt Rollie C. D. Jacob, Pvt Henry M. Janes, Pvt Raymond E. Jeffries, Pvt Charles R. Jennings, Pvt Alvin A. Joyner
Group D Mechanics, cont'd....
First Row: Pvt Luther H. King, Pvt Roscoe J. Lane, Pvt Donald M. Lunceford, Pvt John B. Maloney, Pvt Horace Moore
Second Row: Pvt Charles E. Morgan, Pvt Robert J. Mulcahey, Pvt Charles G. Nelson, Pvt Ignacio Raya, Pvt Allen C. Rhodes
Third Row: Pvt Lavon H. Shafer, Pvt Mike J. Siliznoff, Pvt Benjamin E. Skinner, Pvt Norman Spens, Pvt Raymond A. Strahm
Fourth Row: Pvt Elton L.Taylor, Pvt James L. Ware, Pvt Rueben A. Williams, Pvt Jesse P. Winner
Fifth Row: Pvt Thomas L. Brown, Pvt Robert Parker, Pvt Mirko J. Rozich, Pvt Dom F. Sinicrope, Pvt Joseph M. Smith
Sixth Row: Sgt R. L. Walker, Cpl Joseph Bangerter, Cpl Issac Jones, Pvt R. J. Donaldson, Pvt Herbert S. Rucker, Pvt L. F. Snider, Pvt Duke Westland
Group E Mechanics
First Row: Cpl Elmer A. Kuester, Pvt John H. Abshire, Pvt William Albers, Pvt Richard D. Ballard, Pvt Glen L. Bradford
Second Row: Pvt Carl W. Bridgman, Pvt Willis T. Brown, Pvt Frank Brzostowski, Pvt Clay E. Carr, Pvt Donald J. Cieklinski
Third Row: Pvt Earl J. Cochran, Pvt Claude Currie, Pvt Harold E. Dawson, Pvt Vernon R. Duff, Pvt Wayne H. Dykstra
Fourth Row: Pvt James V. Eakin, Pvt Guy C. Elam, Jr., Pvt Jimmie C. Elkins, Pvt Burt Ervin, Pvt Donald J. Fairbrother
Group E Mechanics, cont'd....
First Row: Pvt William E. Fairbrother, Pvt William R. Farabough, Pvt James A. Franceschini, Pvt Leo A. Franecki, Pvt Edward W. Gerdes, Pvt Vearl W. Gibson
Second Row: Pvt Joe M. Goode, Pvt Louis E. Green, Pvt Robert K. Groth, Pvt Elmer Grounds, Jr., Pvt Kenneth W. Gunderson, Pvt Charles Guzzo
Third Row: Pvt Albert E. Heinrich, Pvt Frank Heller, Pvt Fred C. Hennrich, Pvt Jean E. Herschleb, Pvt Norman G. Hirschberger, Pvt Lester B. Hoback
Fourth Row: Pvt Delbert LaV Hollenbeck, Pvt Arthurt L. Holstlaw, Pvt Kenneth D. Iverson, Pvt Edmund M. Johnsen, Pvt Glynn Johnston, Pvt Fonnie R. Keeble
Fifth Row: Pvt Robert L. Kelley, Pvt George A. Kirkmeyer, Pvt Gordon L. Kline, Pvt Joseph F. Kosek, Pvt Anthony B. Kouma, Pvt Charles Licina
Sixth Row: Pvt Lowell R. Lingenfelter, Jr., Pvt Donald W. MacLachlan, Pvt Milton E. Malinowski, Pvt George J. Mann, Pvt Ernest J. Marcelt, Pvt Charles W. Martin
Group E Mechanics, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Theodore F. Mayrhofen, Pvt Donald L. McCarthy, Pvt Clyde A. Miedecke, Pvt Lloyd L. Miller, Jr., Pvt Daniel E. Montgomery, Pvt Claude P. Moore, Sr.
Second Row: Pvt Nordan C. Murphy, Pvt Edward A. Nycz, Pvt Stephen L. Owen, Pvt Junior Pieratt, Pvt Enrique R. Pina, Pvt William R. Russell
Third Row: Pvt John T. J. Ryan, Pvt Harold A. Sheppard, Pvt Eugene H. Sherman, Pvt Jordan R. Sinclair, Pvt Marshall W. Smoot, Pvt Donald S. Sneyd
Fourth Row: Pvt Lawrence E. Stanek, Pvt Robert F. Steinkrauss, Pvt Clinton H. Storey, Pvt Philip K. Sutherland, Pvt Owen E. Sutton, Pvt Richard G. Vanert
Fifth Row: Pvt Durwood W. Woosley, Cpl John F. Cox, Cpl Wayland S. Hollinshead, Cpl Lorenzo D. Parlet, Cpl John W. Varner
Sixth Row: PFC Bernard B. Berman, Pvt Frank A. Bryan, Pvt Samuel Evoniuk, Pvt William R. Giles, Pvt Elden E. Hansen, Pvt Marion L. McHenry
Group E Mechanics, cont'd...
First Row: PFC Lynne P. Kalb, Pvt Tom E. Barkemeyer, Pvt John P. Barry, Pvt Stanley F. Bartkiewicz, Pvt Alton E. Beasley, Pvt Carl D. Branstetter
Second Row: Pvt Donald A. Briede, Pvt Alfred N. Budka, Pvt Leland L. Burton, Pvt Clyde L. Calkins, Pvt Jake A. Carter, Jr., Pvt Thomas P. Christensen
Group E Mechanics, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Roy A. Cierzan, Pvt Ronald W. Clark, Pvt William H. Cockrell, Pvt Harry D. Crytzer, Pvt William C. Daggett, Pvt Walter E. Daly
Second Row: Pvt Bernell Erskine, Pvt Clement T. Faszold, Pvt Rober L. Forncrook, Pvt Charles V. Franklin, Pvt Richard J. Groesbeck, Pvt C. A. Hagstrom
Third Row: Pvt Harvey J. Hanenburg, Pvt Gerald M. Hanley, Pvt Fredrick A. Hanson, Pvt David E. Hartness, Pvt Frederick Hauser, Jr., Pvt Floyd D. Hillebrand
Fourth Row: Pvt Eugene C. Holm, Pvt Cloyd D. Houser, Pvt Robert L. Hyland, Pvt Don R. Jackson, Pvt Charles J. Jennings, Pvt James W. Johnston
Fifth Row: Pvt Howard L. Keene, Pvt Albert A. Kerger, Pvt Francis M. Knoblauch, Pvt Joseph Kush, Pvt Delbert M. Lamb, Pvt Daniel C. Lewandowski
Sixth Row: Pvt Donald J. MacFarlane, Pvt Wendell K. McCallen, Pvt Faye M. McCoy, Pvt Galen Berl McGuire, Pvt Marion G. McMullin, Pvt Paul B. Memmer
Group E Mechanics, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Eugene Mertz, Pvt Alexander C. Misurelli, Pvt William S. Mitchell, Pvt Rochelle M. Montague, Pvt Charles E. Moon, Pvt Theodore Nell
Second Row: Pvt Richard K. Neuharth, Pvt William F. Noel, Pvt Charles E. Oakes, Pvt Tom D. Oglesbee, Pvt Thomas L. Pace, Pvt George M. Palmer, Jr.
Third Row: Pvt Raymond A. Pearson, Pvt Raymond P. Perkins, Pvt Joseph F. Poivey, Jr., Pvt Clyde T. Poulsom, Pvt James W. Quinn, Pvt Wyland K. Reed
Fourth Row: Pvt Glenn R. Roach, Pvt Wilfred C. Sarpy, Pvt Harry A. Sattler, Pvt Nathaniel W. Shalley, Pvt Coyce K. Shannon, Pvt Joseph L. Shimek
Fifth Row: Pvt Delbert E. Shipman, Pvt Chester L. Smith, Pvt William O. Sorenson, Pvt Hubert E. Teague, Pvt Ervin J. Talatzko, Pvt Augustus H. Tartlton
Sixth Row: Pvt Aubert W. Thom, Pvt Joseph T. Townsend, Pvt Rudolph Vaca, Pvt August Vidmich, Jr., Pvt Burren L. Walters, Pvt George E. Yovich, Jr.
Drivers
First Row: Robert C. Anderson, Alfred Andrews, Bruce E. Bond, Don W. Boone, Gilbert L. Brown
Second Row: Lawrence C. Cruser, Louis M. DeLong, Donald E. Drake, Earl V. Evenson, David Fontaine, Jr.
Third Row: Leo S. Funchess, Noe A. Garcia, Elvis V. Gillis, Allan D. Ginsberg, Hardin G. Greene
Drivers, cont'd...
First Row: William E. Holder, Clifford H. Kipf, Gilbert Klassy, Orvelle H. La Fara, Gerald D. Lee
Second Row: Gerhardt F. Meyer, Jay H. Norling, Valentine L. Ofenlock, Vernon A. O’Leary, John S. Petrowski
Third Row: George W. Pingel, Loren W. Pricer, Paul H. Richardson, William A. Scarborough, Merlin J. Scheer
Fourth Row: William L. Schoggen, Monroe C. Schroeder, Chester C. Scoville, Theodore A. Skovronski, Jesse LeR Smith
Fifth Row: William A. Squires, Edward C. Stagman, Filbert G. Steele, Albert D. Teague, William F. Thornton
Sixth Row: Lonnie B. Tyer, James F. Van Kirk, Thomas L. Wade, LeRoy Wilcox, Jr., Richard C. Woolf
Drivers, cont'd...
First Row: Thomas L. Bowen, Thomas W. Fitzgerald, Curtis B. Hawley, Edward C. Kelly, Jr., John R. Lee
Second Row: Vernon R. Saunders, Nathan E. Smith, Jr., Marvin R. Troup, William W. Harmon
Drivers, cont'd... not named....
Motor Transport Company
First Row: Pvt Burton A. Ahlgrim, Pvt Benjamin Barone, Pvt Thomas D. Broussard, Pvt Harry N. Burdeski
Second Row: Pvt F. Carpenter, Pvt J. F. Clark, Pvt Edward W. Collier, Pvt Louis R. Daup, Pvt Kenneth L. Dietsch, Pvt Bobby E. Fields
Third Row: Pvt Robert G. Gierhart, Pvt W. D. Heinvichs, Pvt Joseph A. Jenkins, Pvt Royle J. Jensen, Pvt L. A. Jones, Pvt Christopher G. Karnaze
Fourth Row: Pvt Ross C. Larsen, Pvt Rudolph L. Lever, Pvt L. L. Lindstrom, Pvt C. F. Logan, Pvt Louie J. Medeiros, Pvt Lloyd R. Rice
Fifth Row: Pvt Arnold H. Riser, Jr., Pvt Erninno Santora, Pvt Paul W. Schmidt, Pvt Richard E. Seramur, Pvt Robert W. Spaleny, Pvt Roger E. Stanton
Sixth Row: Pvt Gerald D. Steen, Pvt Wesley M. Thomas, Pvt Billy E. Willis, Pvt Carl M. Witt
Drivers' School...
First Row: Armando A. Alvarado, Jackie R. Anderson, Verdell F. Anderson, Willard F. Bakke, William E. Besozzi, John B. Braat
Second Row: Ralph E. Brinlee, James E. Brown, Jeryl D. Chase, Melbourne L. Coffey, James R. Coughlin, John F. Dudzik
Third Row: Burton J. Eide, Leonard M. Evans, Eugene J. Falor, Chester D. Fancher, Charles M. Farber, Carl A. Gadbois
Fourth Row: Billy G. Glenn, Graham B. Grady, Gordon O.D. Gressett, Leslie S. Groves, Perry G. Heilander, Jimmy “J.” Hignight
Fifth Row: Thomas J. Holland, Doran A. Hoover, Joseph F. Jenkins, Alfred E. Kratzer, Harvey W. Kriegel, Carl H. Leidecker
Drivers' School, cont'd...
First Row: Donald A. McQueen, Frederick Meyer, Gustave E. Midthun, Gene R. Mitchell, William V. Monkus, John G. Murphy
Second Row: John Nelson, Jr., Joseph D. Nesbitt, Don A. Noble, George W. Norton, Gerald R. Nowlan, Louis Ochoa
Third Row: Wayne D. Otto, James A. Pack, Loyal V. Page, Wesley J. Perry, Francis W. Pfauth, Harold C. Rounds
Fourth Row: Ned V. Ryan, Jack E. Schulte, Robert L. Schwindt, Walter J. Selz, Jr., Laurence D. Sherman, Jr., Donald L. Sommervold
Fifth Row: Michael J. Steinert, William Strozewski, Steven V. Thibert, Richard W. Trott, John D. Van Zee, William F. Vawter
Sixth Row: James T. West, Frank T. Wiggins, Kenneth LeR Willadsen, Edgar R. Willmann, Virgil N. Wittkop
Permanent Personnel....
First Row: MTSgt William C. Thomas, SSgt Charlie H. Foreman, Sgt Kenneth L. Barnes, Sgt Ilda A. Barton
Second Row: Sgt John F. Bensen, Jr., Sgt Giacento A. Capuano, Sgt Carl La Saine, Sgt Gerry H. Lockner, Sgt Carl J. Pearce
Third Row: Sgt Edwin W. Schisler, Sgt Oscar Smith, Sgt William H. Wray, Cpl John T. Claunch, Cpl Herschel H. Hanaway
Fourth Row: Cpl Theron J. Harrell, Cpl James N. Munden, Cpl Vernon A. Pedersen, Cpl James H. Pruitt, PFC James M. Beck
Fifth Row: PFC Anthony Fraley, PFC Martin L. Gingrich, PFC James M. O’Mara, PFC Gordon I. Sands, PFC Elmer C. Winkelman
Sixth Row: Pvt Chester C. Brooks, Pvt Jack E. Dickerson, Pvt “R” J. Dodge, Pvt Kenneth D. Frank, Pvt Francis H. McNally
Seventh Row: Pvt Paul W. Otos, Pvt Ralph B.W. Saunders, Pvt Vincent S. Spitale, Pvt John H. Stewart, Pvt Robert C. Summers
Eighth Row: Pvt William H. Thurwanger, Pvt Delancey L. Westcott, Pvt Edward J. Winchester
Service Company...
First Row: MTSgt James S. Adams, MTSgt Peter P. Wrobel, Quartermaster Clerk Roy M. Brown, Quartermaster Sgt Frank W. Covell, Quartermaster Sgt Orville C. Lambert, Quartermaster Sgt Dayton R. Woods
Second Row: TSgt Leon C. Biedel, TSgt Stanley C. Hollaway, TSgt Leo E. Nees, TSgt George K. Rochefort, TSgt Joseph Tomkevich, Supply Sergeant Cecil W. Huskey
Third Row: Supply Sgt George N. Lang, Supply Sgt William M. Pitts, Supply Sgt Ervin J. Tuszynski, Quartermaster Sergeant Estas L. Williams, GySgt Eugene P. Glackin, SSgt Joel T. Bryant
Fourth Row: SSgt William I. Crockett, SSgt Glen S. Harbert, SSgt Willie D. Hornsby, SSgt Alfred Kaiser, SSgt Clyde W. King, SSgt Orlando C. Lombardi
Fifth Row: SSgt Andrew J. Moody, SSgt Kermit Page, SSgt Robert L. Weethee, Sgt William E. Abney, Sgt Russell R. Bailey, Sgt Robert G. Bouchard
Sixth Row: Sgt Robert L. Canham, Sgt Ernest M. Cathcart, Sgt Cearl C. Corley, Sgt John D. Davis, Sgt Claud Ferguson, SSgt Edwin J. Fix
Service Company, cont'd...
First Row: SSgt John T. Hilgert, Sgt Ardis Hollimon, Sgt Seldon D. Messick, Sgt Frank I. Mill, Sgt Albert Noling, Sgt Samuel S. Pearson
Second Row: Sgt William C. Reynolds, Sgt Donald O. Richter, Sgt Paul W. Rubottom, Sgt Henry J. Thevenot, Sgt Harry L. Tuszynski, Chief Cook Louis R. Caputo
Third Row: Chief Cook James W. Cox, SSgt Joseph T. Provost, Cpl Eugene A. Amacher, Cpl Frank J. Balent, Sgt Donald C. Bayles, Cpl Clinton T. Bell
Fourth Row: Cpl Veldon D. Brown, Cpl Albert D. Bryce, Cpl Ray C. Campana, Cpl Wiliam A. Claytor, Cpl Clark R. Coleman, Cpl John R. Cook
Fifth Row: Cpl Roy P. Cook, Cpl James G. Cotton, Cpl Jack E. Dalton, Cpl Edward G. Dont, Cpl Max A. Eby, Cpl Claude H. English
Sixth Row: Pvt George H. Erhard, Cpl George H. Erhardt, Cpl Clarence T. Farmer, Cpl Rex J. Ford, Cpl Thomas E. Garside, Cpl Robert N. Greenwell
Service Company, cont'd...
First Row: Cpl Walter A. Griffen, Cpl James S. Griffith, Cpl Ralph L. Grossmiller, Sgt Louis E. Hargett, Jr., Cpl Leo F. Hill, Sgt Phillip O. Hoffstead
Second Row: Cpl Robert J. Hogan, Cpl Robert F. Hook, Cpl Leslie H. Hoye, Cpl Wilfred E. Hundley, Cpl David J. Jindra, Cpl Fritz M. Jones
Third Row: Cpl William E. Kelley, Cpl Rex T. Larsen, Cpl Lester A. Lukrofka, Cpl Claude B. McClure, Jr., Cpl Donald E. Morin, Cpl Walter K. Mossman
Fourth Row: Cpl Howard L. Nagel, Cpl John W. Nelson, Cpl Robert S. Orne, Cpl Russell E. Parsons, Cpl Kenneth L. Pherigo, Cpl Harvey E. Poertner
Fifth Row: Cpl Gerald S. Polk, Cpl Robert B. Preslar, Cpl Robert J. Putnam, Cpl Michael J. Quinn, Cpl Maylin T. Ruff, Cpl Joseph L. Schlossler
Sixth Row: Cpl Grant L. Sewall, Cpl Robert R. Tamplin, Cpl Robert J. Triplett, Cpl Ren A. Wallace, Cpl Bernard G. Watts, Cpl Johnie G. Welck
Service Company, cont'd...
First Row: Field Cook Gerald Longstreet, Chief Cook Norman R. Marriott, Field Cook Mack D. Myers, Chief Cook Lloyd C. Peerboom, Chief Cook Carroll B. Wiley
Second Row: Cpl Lewis F. Frey, Cpl James S. Harmon, Cpl Thomas E. Martin, PFC Orval E. Mosbarger, PFC Francis A. Olson
Third Row: PFC Ott J. Tucker, Cpl Oliver J. Vanderbilt, PFC George W. Wallett, Assistant Cook Ernest Ginnetti, Assistant Cook Charles J. Herring
Fourth Row: Assistant Cook Percy B. Holmes, Assistant Cook Walter A. Reierson, PFC Carl L. Beatley, Pvt James E. Bonds, Cpl Clarence E. Bullock
Fifth Row: Pvt Carl DeWit, Pvt Harvey E. Dillion, PFC Weldon M. Haynie, Pvt Jack Hendrix, PFC William F. Johnson
Sixth Row: Cpl Robert J. Jones, Cpl Lynn W. Kemper, Pvt U'Dell Krebs, PFC Andrew Kszych, Cpl William B. Kuhl
Seventh Row: PFC George L. Land, Cpl Arthur J. Pearce, PFC Paul E. Robinson, Pvt Bruno A. Romani, Pvt Anthony Santisteban
Eighth Row: PFC Weldon C. Sharpe, PFC Isadore P. Sorce, Cpl Jack W. Watts, Cpl David E. Winters
Transport Company
First Row: MTSgt Richard L. Brockway, MTSgt George H. Schreder, 1stSgt Ray Campbell, Supply Sergeant Virgil R. Gant, SSgt Hubert C. Nutter, SSgt Alex Preston
Second Row: SSgt William L. Stewart, Sgt Billy B. Carter, Sgt William H. Cosper, Sgt Paul B. Decker, Platoon Sgt Thomas J. Downey, Sgt Gerald J. Fleming
Third Row: Sgt Hoyt E. Grissom, Sgt Paul J. Horner, Sgt Joseph B. Jeffrey, Sgt Radford Key, Sgt Walter M. Kezar, Sgt Clifford J. Mallet
Fourth Row: Sgt Thomas LeR Maxon, Sr., SSgt Raymond J. Neske, Sgt Luther N. O'Neal, Sgt Byrum W. Parrish, Sgt Thomas A. Parsons, Sgt Owen O. Silvers
Fifth Row: Sgt Loel C. Trotter, Sgt Willard W. Welshenbaugh, Sgt Clyde R. Wilson, Cpl Frank W. Ball, Cpl Lester R. Bentson, Cpl Wilfred C. Campion
Sixth Row: Cpl Thomas J. Carroll, Cpl Herman LeR Crabaugh, Sgt Frederick F. Demmel, Cpl Gail J. Ernester, Cpl Willis A. Gard, Cpl Arthur C. Granath
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: Cpl Norbert J. Grishaber, Cpl Donald C. Hebert, Cpl Harvey G. Held, Cpl Frank P. Hoffman, Cpl Walter W. Hollingsworth, Jr.
Second Row: Cpl Sherman W. Johnson, Cpl Jacob A. Kane, Cpl Edward J. Kelly, Cpl Edmund B. Lewis, Jr., Cpl Raul H. Lomeli
Third Row: Cpl Virgil C. Luther, Cpl Atanacio G. Martinez, Cpl Thomas G. Moore, Cpl Earl W. Morley, Cpl Lofton W. Priest
Fourth Row: Cpl Winfred H. Prosser, Cpl Harvey G. Reid, Cpl Francis O. Reuna, Cpl Franklin L. Sanford, Cpl George W. Shipley
Fifth Row: Cpl William E. Stewart, PFC Fay B. Davis, PFC Thomas Hiles, PFC Fritz Jovanovick, PFC Melvin F. Miller
Sixth Row: PFC Peter J. Napoleone, PFC George Novak, PFC Luther D. Russell, PFC Don E. Sheets, PFC Laurence M. Stone
Seventh Row: PFC Earl H. Valentine, Pvt Cyrus E. Adams, Pvt John F. Caster, Pvt Sheldon E. DeNier, Pvt Leo N. Erwin
Eighth Row: Pvt Eric A. Johnson, Jr., Pvt Jackie J. Johnson, Pvt Benjamin S. Ray, Pvt Ralph M. Smith, Pvt Robert F. Stevens
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: TSgt Harry E. Lockwood, SSgt Arthur W. Diekelmann, SSgt Herschel M. Hatton, SSgt Arthur T. Winkelman, SSgt Albert F. Yavornik, Sgt Eugene H. Cook
Second Row: Sgt Richard P. Linenberger, Sgt Marvin J. Lovell, Sgt Harold L. Lucas, Sgt Raymond A. Monette, Cpl Henry C. Belcher, Jr., Cpl Walter H. Bence
Third Row: Cpl Joseph G. Bidinger, Cpl Joseph J. Buggey, Cpl Paul W. Carter, Cpl Arthur M. Collum, Cpl Clement M. Conkle, Cpl Richard E. Deffley
Fourth Row: Cpl Don K. Elliott, Cpl Edward L. Frantz, Cpl Leo R. Gegg, Cpl Paul J. Gilmet, Cpl Raymond N. Goetzinger, Cpl Jack N. Groeneveld
Fifth Row: Cpl Herschel B. Guthrie, Cpl Carl M. Hamilton, Jr., Cpl Raymond R. Hammermeister, Cpl Coy C. Holliday, Cpl Willard E. Johnson, Cpl Albert W. King
Sixth Row: Cpl Carol N. Mauzey, Cpl LeRoy C. Mielke, Cpl Allan H. Peroglio, Cpl Walter W. Prieb, Cpl Uley M. Reddick, Jr., Cpl Fritz R. Reese
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: Cpl Harry Resnekoff, Cpl Earbon Trihub, Cpl Eugene W. Watkins, Cpl Donald W. Wiley, Cpl Harry J. Wolfe, PFC Maurice A. Bellott
Second Row: PFC Lloyd A. Brown, PFC Melvin J. Fonseca, PFC Earl L. Gaddie, PFC Albert J. Heit, PFC Joseph V. Insognia, PFC Duane H. Meyer
Third Row: PFC Orson E. Nebeker, PFC Stanford D. Rose, PFC Elwood E. Sands, PFC Oscar W. Spencer, PFC Stanley F. Tabaka, PFC Glenn E. Thornhill
Fourth Row: PFC Harold S. Wolfe, Pvt Bernard W. Ahnen, Pvt Dale J. Allen, Pvt George B. Autrey, Pvt Frank R. Banner, Pvt Joseph Bebnesta
Fifth Row: Pvt Floyd M. Bedwell, Pvt Andrew K. Benton, Pvt Arthur F. Blaha, Pvt Archie L. Blythe, Pvt Wililam F. Booth, Pvt Roy W. Boudreaux
Sixth Row: Pvt Leslie W. Bower, Pvt Eldon O. Bright, Pvt Rolland F. Buchele, Pvt Coleman D. Bumgarner, Pvt Clyde E. Burnett, Pvt Ernest G. Cairo
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Robert C. Campbell, Pvt Kenneth E. Carpenter, Pvt Lee E. Combs, Pvt Marvin E. Covey, Pvt Thomas H. Craig, Pvt James A. Cummins
Second Row: Pvt Paul E. Davis, Pvt James B. Day, Pvt Francis A. Didier, Pvt James M. Dixon, Pvt Cecil B. Dragoo, Pvt James C. Durst
Third Row: Pvt Hendon H. Edwards, Jr., Pvt John V. Ellis, Pvt Robert LeR Evans, Pvt Donald W. Faust, Pvt Lauris F. Ferguson, Pvt Paul L. Friday
Fourth Row: Pvt William J. Gant III, Pvt Ralph E. Geidel, Pvt Bennie A. Gelsheimer, Pvt Walter E. Gerlach, Pvt Henry Geurink, Pvt John H. Gilbert
Fifth Row: Pvt George A. Gregory, Pvt Courtland P. Grice, Pvt William A. Griffin, Pvt Richard Groeger, Pvt Francis H. Gum, Pvt Mike W. Haproff
Sixth Row: Pvt Hurley J. Hayden, Pvt Richard E. Hegeman, Pvt Roger D. High, Pvt Ross Z. Hill
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Darrell E. Hobson, Pvt Walter M. Iglinski, Pvt Roy L. Isle, Pvt Robert F. Johnson, Pvt Gordon H. Johnston, Pvt Lawrence R. Johnston
Second Row: Pvt Ernie R. Jones, Pvt Orval E. Knief, Pvt Joseph Lalich, Pvt Harry L. Leazer, Pvt Arthur Lee, Pvt Richard C. Long
Third Row: Pvt Stanley LoPresto, Pvt John L. Low, Pvt John H. Malseed, Jr., Pvt Willie Maricle, Pvt Kenneth E. Markgraf, Pvt Lester W. Martinson
Fourth Row: Pvt William T. Massey, Jr., Pvt Frank F. Mendoza, Pvt Clarence R. Meyer, Pvt William R. Miller, Pvt Eugene A. Myers, Pvt Clarence R. Myles
Fifth Row: Pvt Paul R. Nelson, Pvt Robert H. Newton, Pvt William D. Nicely, Pvt Charles F. Nickols, Pvt Robert J. Niesen, Pvt Lewis M. O'Reagan
Sixth Row: Pvt Roy Owens, Pvt Charles A. Oyerly, Pvt Charles A. Politte, Pvt Kenneth O. Quinn
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Leonard T. Raley, Pvt Ivan L. Ray, Pvt George F. Roberts, Pvt Robert E. Schliewe, Pvt Frederick G. Schroeder, Pvt Frank L. Scheck
Second Row: Pvt Joseph L. Sheppard, Pvt Vere M. Shipley, Pvt Weldon Shirley, Pvt Anthony M. Sinatra, Pvt Charles F. Smith, Pvt Lester W. Snell
Third Row: Pvt Albert C. Stamper, Pvt Edward D. Stauf, Pvt Glenn B. Stayton, Pvt John H. Stegall, Pvt Ross J. Stephenson, Pvt Wilbert A. Stingley
Fourth Row: Pvt James P. Sumner, Pvt Leroy F. Surface, Pvt Enoch G. Todd, Jr., Pvt Harold J. Tubbs, Pvt Harold E. Ultsch, Pvt Vernon E. Ver Steegt
Fifth Row: Pvt Steve Voulimeneas, Pvt Edward J. Walendowski, Pvt Theodore F. Wall, Jr., Pvt Joseph M. Walsh,Ppvt Arnold G. Walton, Pvt Robert E. Watts III
Sixth Row: Pvt Gaylord H. Wells, Pvt Myron W. Weyenberg,Pvt John C. Wilson, Pvt Stanley McC Wilson, Pvt Warren W. Wright, Pvt Orville C. Zimmerman
Transport Company, cont'd...
First Row: TSgt Earl W. Cox, TSgt George R. Netterville, TSgt Lloyd H. Stearns, TSgt Fulton B. Ward, SSgt Charles K. Hahn, SSgt Jess B. Millard
Second Row: SSgt Robert H. Poling, SSgt Alfred G. Thompson, Sgt Orval M. Eldridge, Sgt William F. Ellis, Sgt John Fawcett, Sgt Walter B. Gafford
Third Row: Sgt Morris D. Goodner, Sgt William J. Grimwood, Sgt Chester C. Howe, Sgt Charles F. Kliene, Sgt Howard M. Robinson, Sgt John B. Rock
Fourth Row: Sgt Paul F. Sproul, Sgt Lester T. Talbot, Cpl John W. Lipscomb, Cpl Raymond F. Martin, Cpl Wesley A. Tompkins
Headquarters Company
First Row: SgtMaj Harold Bishop, SgtMaj Creed H. DeZarn, 1stSgt Raymond O. Ball, 1stSgt H. B. Green, TSgt Paul J. Prenger, TSgt Joseph O. Traverso
Second Row: Platoon Sgt Joseph B. Bikowski, Platoon Sgt Percy E. Canton, Platoon Sgt Jesse A. Hollingsworth, Platoon Sgt Charles R. Livingston, Platoon Sgt Gordon K. McNaughtan, Platoon Sgt Howard C. Peterson
Third Row: Platoon Sgt Robert F. Purington, Platoon Sgt Lewis J. Stephenson, Platoon Sgt Earl S. Wade, Platoon Sgt George B. Witman, Jr., SSgt Frank B. Allen
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: SSgt John C. Cromwell, SSgt P. M. Hughes, SSgt Clifford H. Lemieux, SSgt Edward F. Mangrum, SSgt Claude B. Russell, SSgt Patrick J. Samora
Second Row: Sgt Joseph E. Bell, Sgt J. R. Boatwright, Sgt G. D. Bowlin, Sgt Carl W. Coffman, Sgt Goodwin P. Endicott, Sgt Rudolph M. Degner
Third Row: Sgt Jacob A. Jessup, Sgt Henry E. Jones, Sgt Peter Kikos, Sgt Robert J. Landman, Sgt Richard B. Longerbeam, Sgt Robert D. Lowrie
Fourth Row: Sgt Lincoln M. Mimmack, Sgt Oscar S. Nelson, Sgt Robert H. Phelps, Sgt Lloyd G. Smith, Sgt L. P. Spencer, Mess Sgt Paul Blackledge
Fifth Row: Mess Sgt Albert A. Brown, Mess Sgt Donald M. Duncan, Mess Sgt James W. Martin, Mess Sgt Morman S. Mayfield, Mess Sgt Gerald D. Millsap, Mess Sgt Louis G. Regopoulos
Sixth Row: Mess Sgt Robert W. Riffe, Mess Sgt George M. Tout, Chief Cook Michael Christino, Chief Cook Raymond L. Dennis, Chief Cook Leslie E. Dunston, Chief Cook Edward F. Falls
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Chief Cook William E. Frazier, Chief Cook Richard J. Hofer, Chief Cook John A. Hoover, Chief Cook Emmitt E. Hope, Chief Cook John J. Mako, Chief Cook Carl W. Meinelt
Second Row: Chief Cook Melvin H. Meunier, Chief Cook Ethridge H. Miller, Chief Cook Kenneth D. Morgan, Chief Cook Alvin E. Nelson, Chief Cook Alvin C. Noble, Chief Cook Dominic S. Ozereko
Third Row: Chief Cook Anthony O. Ortolano, Chief Cook Alexander W. Peters, Chief Cook Paul H. Ratliff, Chief Cook Theodore J. Smorch, Chief Cook Warren Walters, Cpl Claude J. Basco
Fourth Row: Cpl Stephen L. Brooks, Cpl William G. Hiam, Jr., Cpl Dan R. Hugghins, Cpl Charles E. Kemper, Cpl Arthur J. Kemper, Cpl Paul W. McGregor
Fifth Row: Cpl Gentry D. Moss, Cpl Everett T. Simpson, Jr., Cpl Walter K. Sullivan, Cpl A. C. Swanson, Cpl Casper G. Wolfskill, Field Cook Vern A. Bridgman
Sixth Row: Field Cook Newton Butts, Field Cook Gordon R. Byrd, Field Cook Joseph Castellano, Field Cook Graves R. Coker, Field Cook Harold W. Cunningham, Field Cook Boris G. Dimitroff
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Field Cook Eli R. Dolby, Field Cook L. W. Eubank, Field Cook Joseph G. Fernandez, Field Cook Edward J. Gerstkamp, Field Cook Jerry W. Harris, Field Cook Thomas F. Hayes
Second Row: Field Cook Harold C. Johnson, Field Cook Charles J. Lesca, Field Cook George L. Lynn, Field Cook Douglas Martin, Field Cook Ralph LeR Morris, Field Cook Paul W. Pelley
Third Row: Field Cook Charlie W. Powers, Field Cook Irvin J. Roth, Field Cook Thomas N. Sayed, Field Cook James F. Smith, Field Cook Ray E. Smith, Field Cook Kenneth S. Truesdell
Fourth Row: Field Cook Charles T. Wilson, Field Cook Willard J. Workman, PFC Floyd C. Curton, PFC A. W. Doutel, PFC William H. Ferguson, PFC William G. Harp
Fifth Row: PFC Jack C. Hoog, PFC Ralph G. Householder, PFC Kenneth Q. Mock, PFC Charles T. Prothero, Asst. Cook Albert Anderson, Asst Cook Carl Arnold, Jr.
Sixth Row: Asst Cook Charles M. Bond, Asst Cook Eugene R. Burleson, Asst Cook Thomas E. Chaney, Asst Cook Norman H. Dukes, Asst Cook Harold A. Elverson, Asst Cook Manford L. Hansen
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Asst Cook Albert Hochhalter, Asst Cook William E. Ingram, Asst Cook Edd B. Johnson, Asst Cook Lavern L. Lemburg, Asst Cook Cleland J. Levitt, Asst Cook Manuel F. Marquez
Second Row: Asst Cook Spurgeon J. Mayfield, Asst Cook Wayne M. Merrill, Asst Cook Aubrey Mitchell, Asst Cook John M. Motley, Asst Cook Mathias A. Nugent, Jr., Asst Cook Andrew A. Oberhauser
Third Row: Asst Cook John J. Parks, Asst Cook Ralph H. Ranson, Asst Cook Anselm J. Robles, Asst Cook Irby W. Rucks, Asst Cook Philip LaV Ryan, Asst Cook Frank P. Sadulski
Fourth Row: Asst Cook David R. Snyder, Asst Cook Herbert H. Stenger, Asst Cook Virgil S. Trigg, Asst Cook Howard V. Trout, Asst Cook Joseph M. Wasilewski, Asst Cook Clarence F. Watts
Fifth Row: Asst Cook Joseph J. Wigge, Asst Cook Herbert C. Williams, Pvt Van V. Adams, Pvt Walter A. Adams, Pvt Marion J. Aiello, Pvt Earl P. Alexander
Sixth Row: Pvt Sam L. Alexander, Pvt Emil J. Bartolic, Pvt George H. Bassing, Pvt Orris E. Beall, Pvt Sylvester J. Bednarek, Pvt Patrick J. Bell
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Harry P. Blanford, Pvt Robert D. Brinton, Pvt Alden W. Brooks, Mess Sgt Lee H. Callaway, Pvt Willard A. Carpenter, Pvt Anthony D. Cerrone
Second Row: Pvt Robert D. Cheeley, Pvt Harold H. Christman, Pvt Bonnie B. Clayton, Pvt Clifford D. Colson, Pvt Don K. Colson, Pvt Floyd F. Comstock
Third Row: Pvt Ruben P. Coper, Pvt Charles F. Cunningham, Pvt Eugene I. D'Anunoy, Pvt R. F. Darrah, Pvt Jesse H. Davison, Pvt Elbert Dees
Fourth Row: Pvt Jack L. Depew, Pvt G. A. DesForges, Pvt William R. Dickerson, Pvt Thomas E. Donovan, Pvt Ross C. Duncan, Jr., Pvt Robert S. Edens
Fifth Row: Pvt Herbert F. Erdman, Pvt Fernando Espinoza, Pvt Robert E. Everett, Pvt Darrell R. Fisher, Pvt Harold J. Fisher, Pvt Joseph J. Foross
Sixth Row: Pvt Ereston Foust, Pvt Corpus A. Gallegos, Pvt Richard C. Gilkey, Pvt Thomas C. Gillespie, Pvt O. V. Gravley, Pvt George F. Guy
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt John E. Hammond, Pvt Robert E. Heffner, Pvt John M. Hodges, Jr., Pvt Jan H. Hokom, Pvt Clifford P. Houston, Pvt Robert L. Hunget
Second Row: Pvt Harold W. Jackson, Pvt Herbert W. Jeter, Pvt Jean E. Jette, Pvt Cecil W. Johnson, Pvt Gene Johnson, Pvt Harold E. Jones
Third Row: Pvt Patrick J. Kelly, Pvt Virgle B. Kennedy, Pvt Philip E. King, Pvt Vernon N. Kring, Pvt Richard J. Kubicek, Pvt Charles S. Leavell
Fourth Row: Pvt Robert E. Leyba, Pvt L. L. Linberg, Pvt O. B. A. London, Pvt F. Lopez, Pvt Wayne S. Marlow, Pvt Robert R. Martin
Fifth Row: Pvt Ronald G. Mason, Sr., Pvt Alvin L. McCleary, Pvt Richard E. McDonald, Pvt Wiliam G. McTigue, Pvt Jack D. Mellott, Pvt Mariano Mendez
Sixth Row: Pvt Bernard J. Miller, Pvt Donald MacI Mitchell, Pvt George I. Moun, Pvt Kenneth A. Nelson, Pvt Wallace E. Nickel, Pvt William C. O'Flynn
Headquarters Company, cont'd...
First Row: Pvt Arnold D. Olson, Pvt Charles P. Ouletta, Pvt Maurice D. Overton, Pvt John W. Pace, Pvt Clair Parker, Pvt Richard H. Poe
Second Row: Pvt Theodore E. Prado, Pvt Ralph W. Pretzel, Pvt George W. Reid, Pvt Charles L. Robinson, Pvt Vincent F. Rogers, Pvt Richard J. Roos
Third Row: Pvt Billie G. Rose, Pvt James E. Ross, Pvt Chester M. Ryan, Pvt Thomas G. Ryan, Pvt Ray Schafer, Pvt Gordon Schnelle
Fourth Row: Pvt Francis Seeley, Pvt Theodore W. Simon, Pvt Edgar Slage, Jr., Pvt Duell C. Smith, Pvt John C. Solper, Pvt Ricahrd K. Sorenson
Fifth Row: Pvt Kenneth E. Stockdill, Pvt Wesley N. Story, Pvt Gordon B. Sumrall, Pvt George B. Tryon, Pvt Layton Vanderberg, Pvt George D. Van Houten
Sixth Row: Pvt Thomas Walker, Jr., Pvt Asa C. Warner, Pvt Ernest W. Wagner, Pvt B. F. White, Pvt Wilborn L. Woltmon, Pvt James T. Wood
Additional Personnel
First Row: Headquarters Company - SgtMaj R. W. Teorey, Chief Cook L. N. Lutz, Jr.
Second Row: Transport Company - Sgt Daniel G. Walker, Jr., Cpl Edward F. Loomis, PFC Donald R. Rice, PFC Luther D. Russell
Third Row: Headquarters Company - Platoon Sgt V. K. Morrow, Sgt E. A. Barker, Sgt B. E. Bradley, Sgt W. J. Brown, Sgt J. L. Reeder, Jr., Sgt R. M. Williamson
Fourth Row: Headquarters Company - Chief Cook Herbert E. Reelitz, Pvt J. M. Bryant, Pvt R. J. Chisholm, Pvt E. DeLosSantos, Pvt R. E. Hess, Pvt E. M. Howa
Fifth Row: Headquarters Company - Pvt Junior Hudnall, Pvt S. Johnson, Pvt H. R. Loeffler, Pvt E. L. Peters, Pvt I. D. Ploet
Company Commanders and Commissioned Officers
First Row: LtCol Ralph L. Schiesswohl, O/C, Motor Transport School; Capt Robert C. Bradford, CO, Service Company; Capt Marvin V. Yandle, CO, Transport Company; 1stLt Beldon Lidyard, CO, Headquarters Company
Second Row: Capt Harry J. Goodwin, XO, Motor Transport School; Maj Paul B. Watson, Base Disbursing and Transportation Officer; Capt Oswald Brosseau, Assistant Base Clothing Officer; Capt William E. Frazer, Property Officer, Motor Transportation School; Capt Lawrence C. Ives, Base Motor Transport Officer and Base Fire Marshal
Third Row: Capt C. E. Moore, Base Maintenance Officer; Capt J. K. MacKenzie, Assistant Base Transport Officer; Capt Elwyn M. Heller, Assistant Base Commissary Officer; 1stLt John W. Mace, Assistant Base Maintenance Officer; 1stLt Joseph C. Brochek, Assistant Base Maintenance Officer
Fourth Row: 2ndLt Archie Lee Knight, Motor Transport School Instructor; 1stLt John L. McCormack, Assistant Base Disbursing Officer; 2ndLt Robert C. Stewart, Company Officer, Transport Company
Warrant Officers
First Row: Alfred N. Milbert, Quartermaster Clerk, Quartermaster Disbursing; James F. Colley, Pay Clerk, Assistant to Base Paymaster & Instructor First Sergeants' School; Collis J. Anglin, Marine Gunner, Motor Transport School Instructor; Isaac V. Ashley, Marine Gunner, O/C Driving Class, Transport School; Joseph A. Bernica, Marine Gunner, Battalion Adjutant; Richard D. Allen, Marine Gunner, Motor Transport School Instructor (not pictured)
Second Row: Fayette A. Carlin, Marine Gunner, Assistant. to Base Maintenance Officer; Carl J. Evans, Marine Gunner, Assistant. to Base Disbursing and Transportation Officer; Louis Guidetti, Marine Gunner, Service Battalion Assistant Adjutant; Harry M. Graham, Marine Gunner, Service Company Officer; Lyman V. Hopper, Marine Gunner, Company Officer, Headquarters Company
Third Row: Maurice R. Murray, Marine Gunner, Base Accident Investigation and Prevention Officer, Bill L. Parham, Marine Gunner, Assistant in Charge, Clerical School; Abe L. Skinner, Marine Gunner, O/C Instructing Clerical School; Clarence E. Taggart, Marine Gunner, Mechanical Instructor, Transport School; Thomas W. Wallace, Jr., Marine Gunner, Base Mess Officer
Marine Corps Base Staff
First Row: Col Roswell Winans, Chief of Staff
Second Row: Col Edward W. Banker, Base Quartermaster, S-4; Maj Thomas J. Kilcourse, Base Adjutant, S-1; Maj Frank D. Strong, Base Operations Plans and Training Officer, S-3.
Marine Corps Base Staff, cont'd
First Row: Col William W. Davidson, Base Paymaster; Col George T. Hall, CO, Recruit Depot; LtCol Robert C. Anthony, Base Property Officer; LtCol Max Cox, XO, Recruit Depot
Second Row: LtCol Wilson T. Dodge, CO, Base Signal Battalion; LtCol Harold M. Keller, Base Purchasing Officer; LtCol Ralph L. Scheisswohl, OIC, Motor Transport School; LtCol Joseph M. Swinnerton, CO, Service Battalion
Third Row: Maj Stewart B. O'Neill, Base Exchange Officer, Maj John B. Hendry, Assistant Base Exchange Officer; Maj Ralph W. Luce, Legal Officer; Maj Harry Y. Maynard, Recreation Officer.
Marine Corps Base Staff, cont'd...
First Row: Maj Clate C. Snyder, XO, Base Signal Battalion; Capt Charles R. Church, Base Athletic Officer; Capt Max Freedman, Base Auditor; Capt Edwin Gould, CO, Signal Battalion.
Second Row: Capt John F. Horn, Company Commander, Signal Battalion; Capt William P. McCahill, Public Relations Officer; Capt Omar E. Bearss, Assistant Post Exchange Officer; Capt Eugene Bradford, Communications
Third Row: Capt John W. Cunningham, Assistant Post Exchange Officer; Capt Melvin H. Hass, O/C Sales of War Bonds and Stamps; Capt Charles C. Hall, Assistant Base Property Officer; Capt Clifton E. Moore, Base Maintenance Service Company; Capt Caesar F. Pastore, Mess Officer
Marine Corps Base Staff, cont'd...
First Row: Capt Louie M. Putnam, Assistant Base Post Exchange Officer; Capt William C. Ronaldson, Base Security Officer; Capt Raleigh L. Waid, Base Intelligence Officer; Capt John C. Wilmes, Base Postal Officer; 1stLt Richard A. Glaeser, Base Communications Officer
Second Row: 1stLt Gail D. Edwards, Assistant Base Post Exchange Officer; 1stLt James E. Parsons, Assistant Public Relations Officer; 2ndLt Ford E. Wilkins, Assistant Base Adjutant; Quartermaster Clerk Daniel J. Donahue, Assistant Base Auditor; 2ndLt Avord W. Ostrom, Assistant Base Quartermaster
Third Row: Quartermaster Clerk Fred G. Wilson, Assistant Base Property Officer; Pay Clerk James N. Bonson, Assistant to Base Paymaster; Payclerk James F. Colley, Assistant to Base Paymaster; Payclerk Leufraid J. Kerne, Assistant to Base Paymaster; Payclerk Harold L. Susdorf, Assistant to Base Paymaster
James J. Underhill
Brigadier General
Commanding (April, 1942 - April, 1943)
W. C. James
Colonel
Commanding
Cpl Leroy P. Diamond is awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in the battle of the Tenaru River on Guadalcanal. Beside him stands BGen James L. Underhill, Commanding the Marine Corps Base.
The late MGen Joseph H. Pendleton, then Colonel, on left, and MGen Charles H. Lyman, USMC, Retired, then Captain, on right, pose in front of the temporary office, Exposition Grounds, San Diego. This picture was taken in 1915 while the present Marine Corps Base was under construction.
As that photo shows, they looked terrible after you wore them for a while. They held up a little better after they got "salty" and the creases became permanent. But, the blue wool trousers were torture to wear in the summer.
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