Justin Oral History Center

Justin McCartney U.S. Marine Biographies Collection

Dedicated to the Memories of my beloved Uncle William McCartney and cousin Owen Justin, United States Marines

     This page is a series of links to biographies of members of the U.S. Marines.  The Stories below have been submitted to me by service members or their families by email.  If you have any such stories to submit please email me below. Thank you and enjoy.

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Fernando C. Alatorre, L Company, 3rd Battalion , 21st Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Bougainville, Northern Solomons, Guam, Iwo Jima, WWII KIA, Use Back Key To Return

George J. Baird, Third Defense Battalion & Marine Air Group 33, Third Marine Air Wing, Battle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, Okinawa, USMC, Use Back Key To Return

Martin Botsko, Pvt, Hvy Wpns Plt, Co B, 3rd Mar Regt, 3rd Mar Div, USMC

Lee Butler, Marine, USS Valley Forge (CV-45), USMC, Korean War

Robert L. Call, Sergeant, Third Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, WWII, USMC

John Harvey Carson, 1st Lt., Company E, Second Battalion, Ninth Marines, Third Marine Division, USMC, Vietnam, Use Back Key To Return

Louis N. Curtis, M/Sgt, E Co. 2nd BAQ, Corregidor, Phillipines, Sondhi, Japan, POW, USMC (new 9/30/01)

Leland Diamond,  Master Gunnery Sergeant, 6th Marines, WWI / M Co., 3rd Bn, 4th Marines & 2nd Marines Shanghai Sino-Japanese Conflict / "H" Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Guadalcanal / 5th Training Bn, Camp Lejeune, WWII, USMC use Back Key to Return

Basil D. Duncan, Team 3.3, 1st Joint Assault Signal Co., Fourth Marine Division (WWII) / 2nd Bn., 6th Mar. Regt., 2nd Marine Division & 27th Mar. Regt., 5th Marine Division (Occupation), USMC, Use Back Key To Return

Emilio R. Esquivel, PFC, 4th Marine Division, Saipan, Iwo Jima, USMC

Hugh Michael Fanning, Capt, A6A Pilot, 1st Marine Air Wing, Da Nang, USMC, Vietnam, Use Back Key To Return

William Elliot Fitzpatrick, Sgt., G Co., 2nd Bn, 21st Regmt., 3rd Marine Division, Guadalcanal Canal, WWII (new 1/23/2012)

James R. "Rube" Garrett, Cpl, I Btty, 3rd Bn, 11th Mar Regt, 1st Marine Division, USMC, Guadalcanal, Use Back Key To Return

Sterling B. Gleason, 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, USMC (new 12/6/00)

James Joseph Gorman, Capt., 1st Marine Division, Guadalcanal Canal, WWII, Korea (new 11/20/06)

Bob Grice, C Btty, 1st Special Weapons Battalion, USMC, Guadalcanal, Note each part of image is a separate link, Use Back Key To Return (old site on internet archive here)(link updated 5/18/2020)

John Ron Halderman, Sgt., USS Curtis, USMC, Cold War (new 11/3/19)

Dr. Donavon E. Hampton II, Petty Officer 1st Class, Corpsman, Mariannas, Iwo Jima, WWII & 7th Marines, 1st Marine Div., China & unknown LST, Cold War, Company E, 2nd Bn, 5th Marines, 1st Prov. Marine Bgde, 1st Marine Division, Korea, USN (new 9/1/02)

Jim Hauer, Marine, 1st Marine Division, Peleliu, Okinawa, China, USMC, WWII

Robert Highland, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, USMC (updated 4/13/01)

Owen Justin, First Marine Division, USMC

Jim Knerr, USMC, Cold War, Use Back Key To Return

Eugene E. Likens, Sgt.Maj., 33rd Marine Air Group, 1st Marine Air Wing, USMC, Korea (new 1/11/18)

William Livingston, PFC, 1st Marine Division, USMC, Guadalcanal, WWII (new 3/7/04)

William Henry McCartney, Master Sergeant, United States Marine Corps (New 8/31/00)

Malcolm F. Reed, Private, World War I, USMC (new 11/26/01)

John Francis Richter, HM1, Corpsman, USN, Guadalcanal, Korea (updated 4/13/01)

Ben Roebuck, Sergeant, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Saipan, WIA, WWII, USMC (new 11/7/04)

Ken Rulf, PhM2, D Company, 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, USNR (updated 1/21/01)

Howard Sabel, Marine, 22nd Marines, USMC, WWII (new 6/12/04)

Russell Sawyer, Marine, USMC, WWII, KIA(new 10/30/19)

Arthur Schwarz, Sgt, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, USMC (updated 6/13/99)

George Slowik, USMC

Oliver R. Smith, T/Sgt, 33rd Marine Service Sqdn, 33rd Marine Air Group, 1st Marine Air Wing, USMC, Korea (new 10/9/00)

Joseph Lloyd South, B Co., 1st Bn, 7th Marines, 1st Division, USMC, Use Back Key to Return

Anthony F. Stelzner & Charlie Stelzner, PFC, 5th Amphibian Tractor Battalion, USMC & Marine, Iwo Jima, USMC (new 7/3/20)

Jasper N. Terry, E-8, M/Sgt, 6th Marine Regiment, Reykjavik, Iceland & Heavy Maintenance Service Squadron 44, Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Hawaii, World War Two & Nan Yuan field, Peiping, China, Chinese Revolution & VMF224, USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Cold War, USMC (new 12/6/00)

R. Bruce Watkins, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, USMC, Peleliu, Use Back Key To Return

Billy R. Whisenant, Sgt, FO, 2nd Bn, 9th Mar Rgt, USMC, Vietnam

Ted Yund, USMCR

Many of the stories contained in the online James F. Justin Museum of Military History are now in paperback and kindle ebook format, with more coming, check out

How We Served, by John Kenneth Justin

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LINKS

America At War, An interactive WWII History Page with Photos and Veteran Interviews

Briefing Room, A Chat Room To Talk With Other Visitors

North China Marines, History of Legation Guards turned POW in China in WWII

Reunion Page, Notices of reunions and links to reunion pages

USMC Guardian Angels Page, Site with Veteran Links and Veteran Memorials

W.W. II  Two U.S. Veterans Website, More Veterans Stories and More, Use Back Key To Return

S/Sgt Archibeque's Home Page, Active Marine's Webpage with Marine related links

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