POST #22-33
Day Twenty-Three...Iwo Jima Battle Narrative, 14 March, 1945..
Mikey's Dads 100th Birthday Was on 2-22-2022...
We continue the day-by-day story of the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company in the bloody battle of IWO JIMA...
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On 2-22-2022) Mikey's Dad, Willard W. Wemple would have been 100 years old. We are following Dad's time in the First Battalion, 24th Marines, Baker company, from February 19th to March 17th, 1945, in....Operation Detachment.
What we post here on the Blog Post about the B-1-24 will be minimal. But we will add links leading to a very good, detailed website...1st Battallion-24th Marines 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, 14 March 1945...The orders received on Day 23 were
unchanged...local patrols, salvaging of equipment, cleaning of weapons, and
policing of area. But the atmosphere at headquarters was beginning to change.
The acting commander, Major George D. Webster, got wind of a plan
to send Battalion 1-24 back to the lines to relieve the tired troops of Battalion
2-24 who were badly in need of a rest. Webster called up the two acting company
commanders...Major Irving Schechter and Major Milton G. Cokin...and the three
veteran officers departed for the front to make their own reconnaissance.
Knowing what lay ahead would enable them to anticipate problems in their path.
The Word began spreading down through the ranks, and the Marines began
mentally preparing themselves for the final effort.
Read the full narrative below...
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TODAYS FULL NARRATIVE
Click or tap HERE to go to the full narrative...It's very interesting
https://1-24thmarines.com/the-battles/iwo-jima/reserve/#rumors
Over the next posts and next days we will continue posting daily updates that will follow 1-24-B in the battle through logs and stories of the battle as told by a Military Historian and battle participants on the 1st Battallion-24th Marines Website...
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