San Marcos (LSD 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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Tank Platoon C 2 d Tank Bn lt is composed of experienced tank men about half of The tank platoon is the 3rd Plt QReinfj Able o. , n . - 7 dV is fF.M.F. sixth Fleet. Included Veterans and half non veterans- all of these men being salty ol e o whom are Korean - , l are five much petted and pampered M4A3 Sherman Medium Tanks and one tempermental jeep. in the p atoon d olishing their pig-iron Monsters, and claiming The tankers spend most of their time aboard ship greasing, painting an p that they can outshoot the artillery anytime, anyplace- iThis last being hotly disputed by the men of Fox Batteryy . t. Q 3 f .X X gsgysgi-1s57,gQ, v- 1st row: Washam, Cain, Mc. Namara, Arden, Donnely, Marx, Demetrakin. . . D 2nd row: Nuccaro, Eagar, Bressingharn, Sinclair, Capua, Larnermg, Terrel, unn, White, Guly, Ohnesory, Orris. 3rd row: Norton, Pickett, Bodner, Pepe, Poole, Nix, Byrnes, Gilsen, Estes, Froehlich, Beagles. 4th row: Tesh, Boyle, Reis, Neff, Hoelyle. 2,9

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Embarked Marme Units the San Marcos in sum total were six Officers and 133 enlisted from four At the outset, the Marines embarked upon . separate organizations of the Second Marine Division: a detachment from the 2nd Shore Party Battalion headed by Ssgt. Nix, another from H ts s co., 3rd Bn, 6th Marines, led by Lt. ti. s-7 Bwmhauefs 2 Platoon Of fankf with Capt. w,E, Lockridge in command, aided and abettedby TSgt. Byrnes, and by the largest SYQUP, the firing battew f1'0m Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines with Capt. Berl in charge, 1st Lt. Keith as exec. and Lt. Quintal as fire direction officer, 'b' Truck Battalion with SSgt. Mosman in charge originally, Attached to the battery was a unit of the Second Amphl 1OuS k t the States. The First Sergeant for Fox Battery was TSg1g, B.B. Cpl. Ort taking over upon the former's transfer bac 0 Dean and its gunnery sergeant, Sgt. Coners. , Cf these elements was formed Embarkation Team Dog , ia .effect a record keeping company with Capt. Berl in charge ' ' t d Gunner Ser eant res ectivel as CO Troops, Capt. Lockridge as exec, TSgts Dean and Byrnes as First Sergean an I y g p Y. h t' f the detachment from HSS Company, all units were attached, as Normal Supporting Arms, to fthe With t e excep ion o 3rd Bn 6th Marines, 2d MarDiv, FMF, for the purpose of constituting a Battalion Landing Team, a unit completely armed ! and equipped, capable of being placed in combat upon minimum notice. In this connection it was the duty of all hands to extend maximum efforts toward that end, namely, preparedness for combat. This entailed a constant program invol- ving both training and maintainance of material. b Our duties in relation to the ship were limited to the bearing of our share of the burden of normal day-to-day house- keeping, The maintainance of our troop spaces under, the capable direction of Sgt. McRae, lending our proportinate assistance in the laundry, the soda fountain, the barber shop, the galley and in the breaking out of stores. Some in port security watches aboard ship were manned by Marines. 28

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