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Kurt Barickman

Joseph G. Polifika

 

Company commander of C Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and XO of 1st Battalion, 18th Regiment on Tinian.

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George Lillibridge

 

platoon leader in A-1-2 for Tarawa. Haunted for most of his life by the loss of eithe KIA or WIA of his platoon on Tarawa.

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Dean received a battlefield commission out of Guadalcanal and landed on Tarawa as did the rest of 1-8 on the morning of the second day. He was wounded in the water as the tractors were gone for the most part by the second day and the Higgins boats dropped off the men on the edge of the reef and had to wade in and suffered terrible casualties. Dean was saved that day by two Minnesotans. Eddie Heimberger aka Eddie Albert was a USN officer taking wounded back to hospital ships and picked Dean up and took him to a hospital ship where a Mayo Clinic surgeon was attending him which saved him from his severe stomach wound.

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Willis Douge,

 

Another C-1-8 man. Like Dean Ladd, wounded in the water walking in from the reef through terrific fire. Here are both his greens and blues with period applied 2nd Marine Division SSI.

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Leon Niebuhr

 

Regimental Headquarters, 2nd Regiment.

 

Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. I have quite a few items of his to include his photo albums. Commendation ribbon from Guadalcanal from the Battle on the Manitakau River.

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Thanks Mark: I thought you might like this thread. Waiting for the batteries on the camera to recharge.

 

Timberwolf:

 

Great set of greens to a tanker to boot :thumbsup: Thanks for adding to the thread.

 

Kurt

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2nd LT Joseph J. Sexton, USMCR

Platoon Officer, C/1/2

KIA 11-22-1943 while crossing the airfield by a gunshot wound to the head

He left behind a wife and 2 year old daughter.

 

Ribbons were restored to the uniform to represent the posthumous awards he received at Tarawa.

 

Wonderful thread Kurt! A great way to remember the sacrifices made those three hellish days!

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Major Martin W. Reinemann, USMC

XO M/3/6 at Tarawa and later was the BN 3 Chief for 2/28 during Iwo Jima. Reinemann also served as the BN 4 for 3/6 at Guadalcanal.

Reinemann received the Bronze Star with "V" for operations at Tarawa and Iwo Jima. He retired from the reserves in the late 1950s as a full Colonel.

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