Climbing My Family Tree » Marine Corps http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com One Branch at a Time Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Military Monday: 846th Platoon US Marine Corps, San Diego, 1943 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/12/27/military-monday-846th-platoon-us-marine-corps-san-diego-1943/ http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/12/27/military-monday-846th-platoon-us-marine-corps-san-diego-1943/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:00:57 +0000 Jenn http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1223 It looks like my Papa was pretty good at writing everyone’s names on here.

Hopefully someday, a researcher will be able to find their ancestor.

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I’m so proud of my “Papa” as we always called him.  He saw so much action by the time he was 20, but it was that way with many men during WWII.  I can’t imagine what a stressful time this must have been for his mother, having four sons all gone to war at the same time.  Thankfully, they all came home!

Here he is on the left, with a friend.  I really wish that I had a picture of all 4 brothers together.  I wonder if they took one after the war.

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