POST #22-19 

 Day Nine...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 28, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Was This Month...

 We Continue the day-by-day story of the 1-24 Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Nine...Return

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

We will not be putting much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit Dad was assigned to.

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On this day, February 27th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 were called to build troop strength and replace Marines who were injured or killed, and were assigned to other units. Each new man was taken up on the Battalions muster rolls by today, Day Nine.  Field officers tried to tailor each mans assignment to his MOS, but with so many "basic" Marines this was not always possible.  Willard's MOS was 745 (Rifleman).  He continued this duty, with his M-1 Garand (he wrote down the serial number of that gun in his Diary - 1940712, manufactured in August of 1943), but he was also assigned to work with a BAR squad as an ammo carrier.  This additional assignment would cause a horrific change in his duties in the coming days...            

  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Nine on Iwo Jima, February 28, 1945...It will be called Return...

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https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d9/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-18 

 Day Eight...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, 27 Feb, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Was This Month...

 We continue the day-by-day story of the 1-24 Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Eight...Replacements

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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On this day, February 27th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 were called to build troop strength and replace Marines who were injured or killed, and were assigned to other units. Tomorrow they would venture out into the battlefield areas.  Things are about to become a living Hell.

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Eight on Iwo Jima, February 27, 1945...It will be called Replacements...

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https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d8/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-17 

 Day Seven...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 26, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Was This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1-24 Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Six...Rest

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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On this day, February 26th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  Today would have been their last day of relatively easy duty in the rear.  Starting tomorrow, things would be much different!

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Seven on Iwo Jima, February 26, 1945...It will be called Rest...

Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting 

https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d7/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-16 

 Day Six...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 25, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Was This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1-24 Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Six - Scout

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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Dad told us a story not long before he passed about a Lieutenant sending him out to scout the perimeter.  He said that he figured that this was when he was going to "get it" and meet his end... But he had a praying mother, and she sent him an Armored Bible that he carried over his heart through the entire battle...

God protected Dad!  It was not his day to "Get It"!  He survived to come home, with his Armored Bible, and we still have it today!

On this day, February 25th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Six on Iwo Jima, February 21, 1945...It will be called Scout...

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https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d6/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-15 

 Day Five...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 24, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day 5...Caves

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

Operation Detachment

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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On this day, February 24th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Five on Iwo Jima, February 24th, 1945...It will be called Caves...

Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting 

https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d5/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-14 

 Day Four...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 23, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Four - Flag Raising Day on Iwo...

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Yesterday, February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

Operation Detachment

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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Today, February 23rd,  was the day that the 5th Marines raised the Flag on Mt. Suribachi, and the iconic photograph "Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima" was taken by Joe Rosenthal.  The photo has come to be regarded in the United States as  one of the most significant and recognizable images of World War II.  Dad said he could see that from where they were, at the far end of the beach near the "boat Basin".

On this day, February 23rd,  Willard (Dad) and the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  They may have been thinking they would avoid the worst of it, but that was not to be...

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Four on Iwo Jima, February 23rd, 1945...It will be called Hot Rocks...

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https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d4/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-13 

 Day Three...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 22, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been Today...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1st Battalion-24th Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day 3 - Mortars

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Today, February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

Being today is Dad's Birthday, HERE is a link to Dads page on the 1-24 site.... 

Willard W. Wemple

The page is a mix of the obituary Mikey and his brothers put together, as well as information that the Historian of the 1-24 page had gathered.  It is VERY interesting!  Especially to family members!

The historian, Geoffry and Mikey were able to finally trace down the names of the Marines in this photo....

One, Chester McCoy is still living and we have been in communication with him through his son, also Chester!  But check out Dads Page!  Its very cool!

https://1-24thmarines.com/personnel/willard-w-wemple/

On to the Narrative...

Operation Detachment

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1st Battalion-24th Marines (1-24) On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was in.

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On this day, February 22nd,  Willard (Dad) observed his 23rd birthday. He and the 1-24 continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Three on Iwo Jima, February 22, 1945...It will be called Mortars...

Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting 

https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d3/

Over the next posts and days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-12 

 Day Two...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 21, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1-24 Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day Two...Quarry

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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On this day, February 21st,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day Two on Iwo Jima, February 21, 1945...It will be called Quarry...

Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting 

https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d2/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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POST #22-11 

 Day One...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, February 20, 1945.. 

Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Would Have Been This Month...

 We Will Be continuing the day-by-day story of the 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...

Day One...Basin

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On February 22, 2022, (2-22-22) Mikey's Dad, Willard W Wemple would have been 100 years old.  We will be following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.

Operation Detachment

We will not be putting very much on these posts about the 1-24 On Iwo Jima, instead we will post links here leading to a very good, detailed website that will give way more information than we can deliver ourselves. We must warn you that some of the information will be graphic and upsetting, but will give you some idea about what Dad and the other Marines experienced.  If you see a mention of Baker Company, that is the unit dad was to be assigned to.

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On this day, February 20th,  Willard (Dad) and the 1-24 continued to be held back in reserve, closer to the beach, still doing support duty, carrying supplies, sorting discarded gear, assisting with the wounded, etc.  

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TODAYS NARRATIVE

Todays narrative is Day One on Iwo Jima, February 20, 1945...It will be called Basin...

Click or tap HERE to go to the narrative...It's very interesting 

https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/d1/

Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...

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