Enlisted at Atlanta; left for boot camp at San Diego, CA
Arrived at San Diego; joined Platoon 1054
Completed boot camp; assigned to Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Elliott, CA
Orders changed by Major Beale; assigned to Jacques Farm for tank training
Tank training completed; assigned to 5th Tank Battalion, 5th MarDiv (still being activated)
Training in tank-infantry tactics, tank gunnery, artillery
Left San Diego for Hilo, HI; T.H. for advanced training
Went aboard ship for Iwo Jima operation
Went ashore on Red Beach Iwo in 5th wave (H-hour + 15)
Left Iwo for Camp Tarawa, Waimea, HI; T.H.
A-bombing of Hiroshima
Left Hawaii for occupation duty on Kyushu, Japan
Landed in Japan
5th MarDiv returned to USA with short-timers of 5th & 2nd MarDiv
transferred to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd MarDiv at Nagasaki, Japan
2nd Tank Battalion moved back to Sasebo, Japan
Left Kyushu for USA
Discharged at Camp Lejeune, NC
Re-enlisted, sent to Camp Lejeune, NC; assigned duties in camp library
Reported to Recruiters' School, Paris Island, SC
Assigned to recruiting duty in Georgia
Transferred to 2nd Tank Battalion, Camp Lejeune, NC
Became a Drill Instructor at Parris Island, SC
Returned to 2nd Tank Battalion Camp Lejeune, NC
Joined the 3rd Tank Battalion at Camp Fuji, Japan
Camp Lejeune, NC with 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion; Chemical Biological
Radiological School at Fort McClellan, AL; duty at Nuclear Biological Chemical
School at Camp Lejeune as Instructor
Atomic Biological Chemical School, Atsugi, Japan
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA
Retired from the United States Marine Corps
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09 Nov 1943
13 Nov 1943
09 Jan 1944
19 Jan 1944
31 Mar 1944
Mar-Jul 1944
28 Jul 1944
03 Jan 1945
19 Feb 1945
27 Mar 1945
07 Aug 1945
18 Sep 1945
20 Sep 1945
Nov 1945
Jan 1946
Apr 1946
26 May 1946
27 Aug 1946
Oct 1947
Nov 1947
Mar 1949
Jul 1950
Sep 1951
Aug 1953
Sep 1954-Aug 1959
Aug 1959
Jan 1961
31 Jul 1963
Chronology of USMC service
