Co. C
1st Armored Amphibian Bn.
4th Marine Div.
3rd Marine Div.
6th Marine Div.
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Cpl. Robert "Cork" Blaemire
Ft. Pierce, Florida
Inducted 7 August 1943
Discharged 4 December 1945 |
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Interview
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Served in Pacific
Indianapolis, Ind.
San Diego, Cal.
Camp Pendleton, Cal.
Roy Namur, Marshall Is.
Guadalcanal, Solomons
Guam Invasion
Okinawa Invasion
Saipan, Marianas
Great Lakes, Ill.
Marine Blaemire was gunner on an amphibian tank during three invasions
in the Marshalls, Feb. 1944; Guam, July 1944; Okinawa, April 1945. His primary mission was providing fire support from
his tank on the beaches on entrenched positions nearby. Hardest fighting was on the retaking of the island of Guam. |
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