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...
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| 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....
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| 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!
On to the Narrative...
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
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...
Until Next Time!!
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