HQ & Service Co.
26th Marine Reg.
5th Marine Div.
Pacific
World War II
   Sgt. Robert Newton Gibson
Wise Co., Va.
Enlisted August 1942
Discharged 2 January 1946
Interviews
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Served in Pacific

Baltimore, Paris Island
Camp Lejune, Camp Pendleton
Married April 6, 1944
Helo, HI, Camp Tarawa
Pearl Harbor
APA 121 USS Hocking
Iwo Jima (D-Day afternoon)
Sasubo, Japan
Peleliu
Mr. Gibson worked with communications during the invasion on Iwo Jima, landing the afternoon of D-Day. His area was nearly overun during a Japanese night attack near the base of Suribachi.