Marines honor officers after Okinawa flag capture
The Sixth Marine Division raised an Imperial Navy ensign on Oroku Peninsula in Okinawa. Major General Shepherd Jr. salutes as Major General Roy Geiger reviews the officers including Colonel John C. McQueen, Brigadier General William Clement, General Geiger, Major General Shepherd, and Captain Edward Kicklighter. The Sixth Division fought fiercely in Okinawa.
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Sixth Marine Division
Oroku Peninsula
Okinawa
Shepherd, Jr
Roy 8. Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
John C. MicQueen
William T. Clement
Geiger
Shepherd
Edward C. Kicklighter
U.S. Marine Corps
Religious Services On The Air Air church schedule headlines
Morning devotions on WCT list speakers from August through December with clergy including L A Tilley Jerome Hodges R L Topping Edmund Berkeley W R Stevens John M Walker Marshall White and Father Peter Ng es Catholic Chapel Also includes Sunday school lessons prayer services church broadcasts and participating churches Episcopal Rosemary Methodist First Baptist etc
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L. A. Tilley
Jerome Hodges
R. L. Topping
Christian Churches
Edmund Berkeley
W. R. Stevens
John M. Walker
Marshall White-Hurst
W. W. Finlater
Father Peter Nges
Gordon L Price
Marshall White
Topping
Stevens
Berkeley
White Hurst
Boger
Finlater
Rosemary Baptist
Hodges
Episcopal Church
Rosemary Methodist
First Methodist
First Baptist
Nathan J. Gray Commended Aboard USS Massachusetts
Nathan J. Gray, 22, coxswain USNR, was commended by Capt. John R. Redman aboard the USS Massachusetts in the Western Pacific. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Asprin Gray, reside at 303 Henry Street, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
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Massachusetts
Nathan J. Gray
USNR
John Asprin Gray
Henry Street
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
John R. Redman
Commendation for Grays service on USS Massachusetts
Gray received a shipboard commendation for outstanding performance aboard the USS Massachusetts. He joined the Massachusetts in October 1942 before its first action at Casablanca where it sank the Jean Bart. He saw action across the Pacific including the Marianas Philippines Iwo Jima Okinawa and strikes on Truk Tokyo and the China Coast.
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Gray
Massachusetts
Casablanca
North Africa
Jean Bart
Massy
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Truk
Tokyo
China Coast
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Hurst
Tiley
Walker
Philadelp
Philadelphia
Ntal Distilling Corporation
D. L. Traynham
Roanoke Rapids, N. CG
Marvin Newsom
Littleton
Jefferson Standard
Peter E Cree
Cresh
WCBT
Mutual
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