Friday, January 02, 1970

Newly Minted Marine December 16, 1943

 


Daddy had arrived by train to the Marine Corps base in San Diego on December 1. A few days later he was assigned to the Cooks' and Bakers' School Company at Marine Corps Base San Diego. At 24 years old he has left his young wife and his two daughters, ages 4 and 2 in Georgia and now faces deployment soon in the Central Pacific to do his part in the greatest war in history. I can only imagine what was in his mind as the camera snapped. 

He looks pretty serious.

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