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Messages - jstevens
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« on: April 03, 2024, 06:03:19 pm »
I have two series of pictures of H&S Marines. One group is definitely NZ as they were visiting some sort of Garden with girls and tiki images around. The second series is the H&S Marines sitting around the cactus which is one of the pictures I posted. There could have been radio training at Camp Pendleton. The ranks on the sleaves might help to identify the approximate date too. I will do some more checking and report back!
Thanks,
Jon
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« on: March 28, 2024, 11:12:46 pm »
Take a look at the attached picture. My dad is in the center and the other Marines I think are H&S 2 men. This has to be either New Zealand or Camp Tarawa. What do you think?
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« on: January 15, 2024, 01:19:33 pm »
I wonder if that is just debris atop the hill? Just curious where this is located. Does not appear to be Bonneyman's Hill. Jon Don't think that is an 8" gun up there. The only gun mounted that much above ground level was very near the beach and I don't see any beach in the image.
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« on: January 14, 2024, 06:54:08 pm »
Which gun is that in the background on the hill? Is that one of the 8" guns?
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« on: January 12, 2024, 01:04:56 pm »
You can see LVTs (probably LVT4) and higgins boats in action this summer in MI. I will be there to the best of my ability.
Date: June 21- 23, 2024
Location: Tiscornia Park, St Joseph, Michigan
Landing craft: 3 Higgins Boats, 2 LVT’s, and 2DUKW’s.
Amphibious assaults: D-Day morning and Pacific War in the afternoon.
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« on: October 09, 2023, 11:00:20 am »
Kim,
What was the site?
Jon
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« on: September 25, 2023, 04:20:28 pm »
Interesting. Always heard Ta-Rah-wa from my dad. As in "Ta-Rah-wa boom-de-ay" sung to a popular song. Never hear "Tear-uh-wa" once.
Jon
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« on: September 10, 2023, 07:40:06 pm »
LVT in the background. Foreground Japanese or Korean POWs. Can't see a number of the LVT.
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« on: August 18, 2023, 08:34:54 am »
Thanks for posting. Culp was an interesting guy and dedicated Christian. He was with the Raiders then worked with Chaplain Willard for a while as his assistant. Reportedly Capt Williams thought he might perform badly in combat. Of interest is that we went to the same college. There was a building named for Culp on campus but had a name change in the late 1950s to honor another grad killed in S. America working with Auca indians. https://www.tarawaontheweb.com/wculp.htmJon
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« on: June 15, 2023, 03:35:07 pm »
Good old Dex! Thanks for posting.
Jon
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« on: May 24, 2023, 02:37:50 pm »
Some good news! I am making progress on getting the info from the old Tarawa Talk. Should be ready in the next few days for viewing. I will post the URL here.
Jon
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« on: May 15, 2023, 09:02:49 am »
Tom,
Just curious, where did you find that picture?
Jon
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« on: May 01, 2023, 05:44:14 pm »
I have not had time too much time to reveiw but here is a very interesting website about Norm Hatch in NZ: http://www.normhatchnz.com/Lots of pictures to dig through. Jon
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« on: May 01, 2023, 12:37:56 pm »
What are the barrels on the wooden racks used for?
Jon
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New Zealand or Camp Tarawa?
by jstevens
April 03, 2024, 06:03:19 pm
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Tarawa Controversy
by TRGodwin
March 01, 2024, 08:41:08 pm
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8" Gun picture
by gunnygp
January 16, 2024, 02:21:05 pm
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Tarawa Unknown Identification
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January 13, 2024, 01:46:32 pm
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Amphibious Assault Reenactment - 22 June 2024
by Kim Harrison
January 12, 2024, 09:10:58 pm
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TARAWA UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2022 thru NOVEMBER 20, 2023
by ChiefRickStone
November 26, 2023, 08:08:46 pm
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Tanks On Tarawa
by aaguerre
October 12, 2023, 12:18:23 am
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Pronunciation of 'Tarawa'
by MikeVE
October 02, 2023, 09:27:55 pm
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LVT and POWs
by gunnygp
September 11, 2023, 05:24:53 pm
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Post Battle Airfield and Around Betio
by Kim Harrison
August 24, 2023, 12:33:46 am
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