Ulithi

Cpl. Charles Columbus Shaw, USMC on Ulithi atoll.

The location of Ulithi atoll in the Pacific where my Daddy served in 1944/45 as a Marine.

 This post for now is just a storage site for anything I find about Ulithi, the tiny atoll 1700 miles due south of Tokyo where my daddy, Charles Columbus Shaw was stationed during 1944 and 45. The transformation of Ulithi is a fascinating story.

A newsreel video from WWII found on Youtube:

Another with some similar footage called a "secret film":

6 December 1944 A report from Ulithi:

Don't miss this written article about the creation of the Unlithi naval base:

A few of Daddy's pictures from Ulithi:

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Kneeling at right end - Cpl. Charles Columbus Shaw, USMC on Ulithi atoll.

Cpl. Charles Columbus Shaw, USMC on Ulithi atoll.

Cpl. Charles Columbus Shaw, USMC on Ulithi atoll.

One of the emblems used for the "Red Mouse Squadron" (from Google)

and the north anchorage of Ulithi atoll, late 1944.