CPL, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
David Shampine wrote this in his "Recollections of World War II"column Feb. 16 - Cpl. Harold O. (Pete) Greene, U.S. Marine Corps, who has served in the South Pacific area for the past 16 months, has arrived in California and expects to come here within two weeks for a 31-day furlough, according to word received Monday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Greene, State Street Road. Cpl. Greene enlisted in the Marines in January 1942. He has served with the amphibious corps and the parachute troops of the Marines.
He is the brother of Orlin T. Greene, paratrooper with the Marine Corps, who was wounded in the first landing made at Guadalcanal. Two other brothers in the service are Pfc. Stanley E. Greene, stationed in Ireland, and Pfc. Alfred E. Greene, U.S. Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, in training at New River, N.C.
Harold Greene, a 1935 graduate of Watertown High School, began his first Pacific tour in December 1943, and participated in the occupation of Bougainville and Vellalavella. Following his home visit, he was assigned to Pearl Harbor, where he remained until the invasion of Iwo Jima.On March 29, 1945, his parents received notification that he had been killed in action March 10, 1945, while serving with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima. His regiment, it was reported, had been instrumental in the capture of Mount Suribachi.
An account of Orlin Greene's combat appeared in the September 1992 War Remembrances column. Stanley Greene, with the 7th Infantry, suffered shrapnel wounds in his right arm and right leg July 27, 1944, in France, after having served in the Normandy invasion.
Alfred E. Greene, a graduate of Copenhagen Central School, served at Okinawa....
Research provided by Larry Corrbett
David Shampine wrote this in his "Recollections of World War II"column Feb. 16 - Cpl. Harold O. (Pete) Greene, U.S. Marine Corps, who has served in the South Pacific area for the past 16 months, has arrived in California and expects to come here within two weeks for a 31-day furlough, according to word received Monday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Greene, State Street Road. Cpl. Greene enlisted in the Marines in January 1942. He has served with the amphibious corps and the parachute troops of the Marines.
He is the brother of Orlin T. Greene, paratrooper with the Marine Corps, who was wounded in the first landing made at Guadalcanal. Two other brothers in the service are Pfc. Stanley E. Greene, stationed in Ireland, and Pfc. Alfred E. Greene, U.S. Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, in training at New River, N.C.
Harold Greene, a 1935 graduate of Watertown High School, began his first Pacific tour in December 1943, and participated in the occupation of Bougainville and Vellalavella. Following his home visit, he was assigned to Pearl Harbor, where he remained until the invasion of Iwo Jima.On March 29, 1945, his parents received notification that he had been killed in action March 10, 1945, while serving with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima. His regiment, it was reported, had been instrumental in the capture of Mount Suribachi.
An account of Orlin Greene's combat appeared in the September 1992 War Remembrances column. Stanley Greene, with the 7th Infantry, suffered shrapnel wounds in his right arm and right leg July 27, 1944, in France, after having served in the Normandy invasion.
Alfred E. Greene, a graduate of Copenhagen Central School, served at Okinawa....
Research provided by Larry Corrbett
CPL, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
David Shampine wrote this in his "Recollections of World War II"column Feb. 16 - Cpl. Harold O. (Pete) Greene, U.S. Marine Corps, who has served in the South Pacific area for the past 16 months, has arrived in California and expects to come here within two weeks for a 31-day furlough, according to word received Monday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Greene, State Street Road. Cpl. Greene enlisted in the Marines in January 1942. He has served with the amphibious corps and the parachute troops of the Marines.
He is the brother of Orlin T. Greene, paratrooper with the Marine Corps, who was wounded in the first landing made at Guadalcanal. Two other brothers in the service are Pfc. Stanley E. Greene, stationed in Ireland, and Pfc. Alfred E. Greene, U.S. Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, in training at New River, N.C.
Harold Greene, a 1935 graduate of Watertown High School, began his first Pacific tour in December 1943, and participated in the occupation of Bougainville and Vellalavella. Following his home visit, he was assigned to Pearl Harbor, where he remained until the invasion of Iwo Jima.On March 29, 1945, his parents received notification that he had been killed in action March 10, 1945, while serving with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima. His regiment, it was reported, had been instrumental in the capture of Mount Suribachi.
An account of Orlin Greene's combat appeared in the September 1992 War Remembrances column. Stanley Greene, with the 7th Infantry, suffered shrapnel wounds in his right arm and right leg July 27, 1944, in France, after having served in the Normandy invasion.
Alfred E. Greene, a graduate of Copenhagen Central School, served at Okinawa....
Research provided by Larry Corrbett
David Shampine wrote this in his "Recollections of World War II"column Feb. 16 - Cpl. Harold O. (Pete) Greene, U.S. Marine Corps, who has served in the South Pacific area for the past 16 months, has arrived in California and expects to come here within two weeks for a 31-day furlough, according to word received Monday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Greene, State Street Road. Cpl. Greene enlisted in the Marines in January 1942. He has served with the amphibious corps and the parachute troops of the Marines.
He is the brother of Orlin T. Greene, paratrooper with the Marine Corps, who was wounded in the first landing made at Guadalcanal. Two other brothers in the service are Pfc. Stanley E. Greene, stationed in Ireland, and Pfc. Alfred E. Greene, U.S. Pfc. U.S. Marine Corps, in training at New River, N.C.
Harold Greene, a 1935 graduate of Watertown High School, began his first Pacific tour in December 1943, and participated in the occupation of Bougainville and Vellalavella. Following his home visit, he was assigned to Pearl Harbor, where he remained until the invasion of Iwo Jima.On March 29, 1945, his parents received notification that he had been killed in action March 10, 1945, while serving with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima. His regiment, it was reported, had been instrumental in the capture of Mount Suribachi.
An account of Orlin Greene's combat appeared in the September 1992 War Remembrances column. Stanley Greene, with the 7th Infantry, suffered shrapnel wounds in his right arm and right leg July 27, 1944, in France, after having served in the Normandy invasion.
Alfred E. Greene, a graduate of Copenhagen Central School, served at Okinawa....
Research provided by Larry Corrbett
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