Blue Star Chronicles

My Daddy was part of the island hopping campaign in the Marshall, Gilbert and Caroline Islands during World War II.

Like most men who have been to war, he didn’t talk about it much so I regret that I don’t know much about his service.

I’ve done some research, from time to time, on what the Marines, and his unit in particular, did in that area at that time. A picture has begun to develop in my mind’s eye about what my father did in the war that is quite different from the funny stories he would tell.

I started a Father’s Day post about him and did some searches on the internet about that campaign. I ran across this picture. It stopped me in my tracks. The guys in this picture are in the pictures my Daddy took.

I think he’s even got a picture with the puppies, but I’m not sure.

I never finished the Father’s Day post. I got to reading about Tarawa and the island hopping campaign and looking for more pictures of these guys in hopes of maybe running across a photo with my father in it.

I didn’t find one, of course. But it was pretty cool to find this anyway.

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