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Alamo Platoon Members Remember Texas Theater Era
San Antonio tale recounts the 1942 Texas Theater fund raiser for Marine Corps recruitment. Veterans James Foley and Hollis Bryan recall the Alamo Platoon ceremony, bonds raised, and battles from Guam to Iwo Jima with the 9th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, ending with reunions in Corpus Christi and a call for former members.
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Texas
South Texas
U.S. Marine Corps
Alamo
Valley
John Foley
Alice
Beeville
San Antonio
Foley
Hollis Bryan
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Marine Corps
Texas Theater
Wake Island
San Antonio Evening News
Robert B. Edwards
8Th Service Command
Col
O. J. Cohee
Corregidor
Bataan
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Bryan
Bill Felts
Barksdale
Clyde
9Th Regiment
3Rd Marine Division
Pacific
Guam
Coral Reef
Felts
Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi
U.S
United States
Seattle
Wash
Corpus Christi
Third Marine Division
Margarette Chavez
Republic Bank of San Antonio
San Antonio Conservation Society
Ellis Bryan
W. B. Carter
del Rio
Joe Bell
Wimberley
Marine Division Association
Carter