Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 243 |
Back Row, Left to Right:Richard H. Lewis, Donald E. Johnson, Edward H. Carman, James L. McCullough, William R. Knowles, Robert M. Acker, Miles Brown-Murfreesboro, TN. (Material), Jack W. Kahler (Instruments), Ralph Martin-Atlanta, GA. (Engineering), Stanley J. Roy-Cleveland, OH. (Adjutant), Milton W. Dennison-Harrisburg, PA. (Ordnance), James T. Pierce-Weymouth, MASS. (Asst. Engineer), David E. Bridges (Engineer Section), Rowley (Operations), Harold A. Clemetsen. Third Row, Left to Right:Donald L. Hooper, Anthony A. Yukna, Herbert N. Ahrens, Badgely A. Elmes, Ernest P. Cole (Intelligence), Robert L. Waters, Phillip B. Anderson, Commander Joseph W. Kean, Executive Raymond F. Kennedy, Robert M. Heublein, Charles E. Allen, James E. Renshaw, Marvin B. McElhiney, William Carlisle Second Row, Left to Right:Howard B. Corbett, Roy M. Brennan, William F. Moore, Edward W. Jensen, Leo R. Currie, Warren C. Child, Conway M. Anderson, Augustus Duryea, Harold C. Grogan, Eugene Hafeman, Roy J. Comstock, Barney E. Hill, Front Row, Left to Right:John Hockman, John F.Lent, Robert J. Carrol, Joseph Baker, James R. Brown, Mario M. Finnochio, William G. Albert, Lawrence H. Brandon, Richard F. Gross, Robert J. Blewett, Edward F. Conlin. Absent Day of Photo: Vance A. Lahey, Jack R. McKinney, Dr. Larue Wiley, MD |
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VMSB243 Tail Gunners |
Major Kean and the First Division of “Picked” Men |
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Row Two, Left to Right:Harold A. “Clem” Clemetsen, Major Joseph W. “Major” Kean (C.O.), William P. “Big Bill” Knowles. |
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Back Row L-R William H. Casey ( Ponca City, OK), Front Row L-R Arthur B. Crutcher, ? Morgan, Marvin Porter, |
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Perrin and Rightmeyer |
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Vance Lahey's scar from fuse of Jap Hand Grenade |
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Corbett (Toby), Knowles (Toro), Elmes (Mike), Acker ( Saki) |
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Harold Clemetsen and Cy Doleze |
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Brown, Comstock and Mac Playing Horseshoes |
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Returning from a Strike |
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Poker Boys |
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Evening "Bull" session on the front porch of Hut #6 |
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Front Row (l-r) Acker, Elmes, Deathridge (VMF211) Back Row (l-r) Knowles, Krieger (VMF115), Ahrens and Corbett. |
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Kennedy by Squadron Office |
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Williams, Perrin and Casey - Oct. 1944 |
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State-Side Bound Back Row (on truck l-r) Gibbens, Williams and Rightmeyer Front Fow (l-r) Porter, Crutcher and Morgan |
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Hill, Elmes (Saki), McCullough (Mike) |
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Arrival of 2nd Class Mail |
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Major Kean- 243-CO |
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l-r McElhiney, Brandon, Anderson, McCullough |
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Supplemental Income Program |
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Ahrens and Acker |
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Corbett, Acker and Knowles |
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Standing around waiting for group photo to be taken. |
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Ten men per Quonset Hut |
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Ahrens (l) and Corbett (r) discuss maneuvers. Currie in back left with Knowles (r) practicing his sign language. |
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Hollywood Corbett |
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Front Row (l - r) Crutcher, Morgan, Porter and Williams Back Row (l - r) Casey, Gibbens, Rightmeyer and Perrin |
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The "Untouchables" l-r Carlisle, McKinney and Hueblein |
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Hueblein (The Body) left and Albert (Spider) right |
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Hueblein teaching "Gret" to jump |
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Base P.R. Photographer Edward P. Smith & Friends |
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Elmes, Deathridge & Knowles with talking bird. |
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Unloading of beer truck at Pityilu. And thence back to Emirau with 20-24 cases in the rear seat and 10 on each wing tank. |
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J.E.Renshaw...One of the most photogenic characters in 243. |
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Elmes, Porter,Anderson and Brandon drawing their 6 beers and 4 cokes. |
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Some of the boys unwinding |
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Lt. MacCarty and Sgt. Smith with a Musson prize |
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(l-r) Yehudi, Anderson, Champion, Clemetsen and Danson |
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Jack Larson- l and Bill Butterfield -r |
