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| Vernard Leroy Brintzenhofe USMC (deceased) Died : 2011 *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Brintzenhofe, Vernard W (Vernard Leroy Brintzenhofe USMC (deceased)) Vern was born in Struthers, Ohio in 1925 and joined the Marines in 1942. After constructing airfields on Samoa and New Caledonia, he survived the battle of the Coral Sea aboard ship before landing at Guadalcanal in mid 1942. There, he experienced numerous air raids while building four airstrips at Henderson Field. Vern participated in the invasion of Saipan and went on to Iwo Jima. During the 3rd day at Iwo, he was wounded by mortar fire and evacuated to the hospital at Pearl Harbor. From there, he soon returned to the 4th Division and began training for the invasion of Japan when the war ended. After being honorably discharged as a Corporal in 1946, he attended Youngstown College in Ohio, after which he worked for the Army Corps of Engineers until his retirement in 1981. Sadly we have been told by the family that Vernard Leroy Brintzenhofe passed away Tuesday morning 12th April 2011. |
| Clair C Chaffin USMC *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Chaffin, Clair C (Clair C Chaffin USMC) A native of Jackson, Michigan, Clair Chaffin joined the Navy after the 10th grade after losing his two older brothers in the war. After his training as a Corpsman, he served at North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego, and was subsequently assigned with the Marine Corps, where he earned a black belt in the martial arts. Clair participated in the invasions of Roi Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. He was awarded the Silver Star. After active duty, he majored in Building Construction, and began a 54 year career supervising major Dept of Defense construction projects. Clair has remained extremely active in many organizations, including the position he currently holds as National President of the 4th Marine Division Assn. |
| Jack L Colby USMC *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Colby, Jack L (Jack L Colby USMC) Jack joined the Marine Corps almost exactly a year following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was trained as a Field Telephone and Message Center operator. He participated in many major Marine campaigns in the Pacific, including the invasions of Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. After his active duty service, Jack utilized his technical communications training from the Marine Corps and began a 39 year carerr with the Washington DC and Virginian Telephone Companies. He still resides in this area today. |
| Roy Earle USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Earle, Roy (Roy Earle USMC) A native of Bloomfield, New Jersey, Roy enlisted in the Marine Corps in late 1942 and soon completed Telephone school training, after which he was assigned as a Field Lineman and Switchboard operator. When his assignment with the 23rd Marines was split to form the 25th, he was transferred to the Pioneers Company, after which he was transferred to a new unit, the Joint Assault Signal Company. He made landings on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. In civilian life, he received several degrees, including an MBA from Rutgers University, and became a professor in several universities, finishing his career as Chairman of the Business Dept and Dean of Casco Bay College. Roy was the National President of the 4th Marine Division Association from 2005 to 2006. |
 Harry D Hink USAAF *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Hink, Harry D (Harry D Hink USAAF) Harry Hinks 28 year military career began during the height of World War Two. After completing training, in 1943 he flew his first of 28 combat missions in heavy bombers against Japan, attached to the 39th Bomb Group. He vividly recalls Iwo Jima, not only as a navigational checkpoint to and from bombing missions over the Japanese islands, but also found it to be a safe haven personally on three separate occasions, when he and his crew made emergency landings in their B29. In April 1945, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on Guam, and would later fly missions in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He retired from the U S Air Force in 1970 as a Lieutenant Colonel, with decorations including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Seven Clusters, Distinguished Unit Citation and many others. After the military, he worked with the FAA for 17 years, holding various positions in Airport Safety. Harry resides today in the Washington DC area. |
| Norman T Hatch USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Hatch, Norman T (Norman T Hatch USMC) A gold Oscar statue bears a Marines name in Quantico. Norm Hatch joined the Marines in 1939 and served a total of 41 years in active and reserve service. As a Combat Cinematographer, he participated in the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima and the occupation of Japan in Nagasaki in 1945. In 1944, he was awarded an Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Documentary Short entitaled With the Marines at Tarawa. Over his 64 year career in the photographic, motion picture and public information fields, Norms extensive resume includes Director of Photography for the USMC, Assistant editor of Leatherneck magazine, film and television producer, senior A/V advisor to the Secretary of Defense, consultant to the White House Press Office during four administrations and to the House and Senate Photo and Television Galleries in the National Capitol of the United States. Today, he resides in the Washington DC area, and has made numerous appearances on a variety of historical military TV documentaries. |
| Herb Ing USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Ing, Herb (Herb Ing USMC) Herb enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1939. In 1941 he served aboard the USS Wyoming and USS South Dakota. In 1943, he was assigned to L Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Division and participated in amphibious operations including the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Iwo Jima. Serving for over 30 years in the Marine Corps, Herb is a veteran of three wars; World War Two, Korea and the Vietnam War. Herb held many positions, including Instructor, Platoon Commander, Operations Officer and Commanding Officer. In 1967 he was assigned as the G3 Operations Officer, 1st Marine Division RVN and Commanding Officer at the Officers Candidate School in Quantico. Herb retired at the rank of Colonel in 1971. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit and Purple Heart. |
| Raymond Jacobs USMC *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Jacobs, Raymond (Raymond Jacobs USMC) Ray Jacobs joined the Marines in May 1943 in Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 17. After boot camp in San Diego, he was trained as a radio operator and assigned to the Raider Training Battalion, F/2/8. During Iwo Jima operations, on February 23rd 1945, he was temporarily assigned to Company E, 2nd Company, 28th Marines, on the combat patrol which secured the top of Mount Suribachi. Ray Jacobs appears in Lou Lowerys photo of the first flag raising as a radioman. At the time of writing, he is one of only two surviving Marines who appear in either of the Iwo Jima flag raising photos. He received the Purple Heart on 10th March 1945. After WWII he again saw service in 1950-51 in the Infantry Training Regiment and completed service as a Sergeant. In his civilian life, he embarked on a 44 year career in television as an operations and editorial director in Albuquerque, Fresno and Oakland, CA.. Today Ray resides in the beautiful area of Lak Tahoe, California. |
| Henry Koellein USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Koellein, Henry (Henry Koellein USMC) Henry was born in Maryland in 1926, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943. After finishing boot camp in June 1944, he was later assigned to the 4th Marine Division. As a member of the 2nd Platoon, India Company, 25th Marines, Henry landed on Iwo Jima in the 1st wave on February 19th 1945 as a flame thrower operator. He was seriously wounded and was hospitalized for six months. He was discharged from the Marines in 1946 as a Private 1st Class. During his civilian life, he has been affiliated with numerous organizations. He retired in March 1995 as the Commissioner of Labor and Industry in the state of Maryland. |
| Grover E Thompson USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Thompson, Grover E (Grover E Thompson USMC) Grover Thompson was born on 25th June in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and joined the Marine Corps in November 1942. After boot camp he was assigned to the 4th Signal Company. He served in the Pacific area for 21 months, during which time he participated in the invasions of Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Remarkably, Grover was never injured, and was honorably discharged on 27th November 1945 as a Private 1st Class. As a civilian, he owned and operated a successful restaurant in Gettysburg, PA, where he still resides today. He enjoys big game hunting and stays aggressively involved in numerous military organizations, including the 4th Marine Division Assn. |
| Cyril OBrien *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | OBrien, Cyril (Cyril OBrien) Cy OBrien grew up in Camden, New Jersey and attended State University in Philadelphia, PA. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 1942 immediately after high school. After boot camp, he was assigned overseas and participated as an infantryman in the battle of Bougainville in November 1943. He later joined the ranks of Combat Correspondents on Guadalcanal in time for the invasion of Guam, where he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Div, and on Iwo Jima with the 9th Marine Regiment. At the wars end he became a newspaperman, covering the US Congress as a columnist in New Jersey. He later was the head of media relations for John Hopkins University and the Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, the state in which he currently resides. |
| Gordon Ward USMC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Ward, Gordon (Gordon Ward USMC) Gordon Ward was born in Watertown, New York in 1923. He joined the Marine Corps in June of 1941 and served until his honorable discharge in March 1946. On February 19th, 1945, Gordon was on the 1st wave at Iwo Jima. He recalls, as historic photos confirm, that the only vessel on the beach at that time was a Japanese ship. He vividly remembers the vessels smoke stack and southern side being riddled profusely with bullet holes as a result of US aircraft and naval attack ships. After the war, courtesy to the G.I. Bill, Gordon attended Syracuse and Miami Universities, obtaining the title of Safety Engineer. Gordon remains an active docent at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington DC, giving presentations, in an effort to educate and guide todays youth in this area of Americas history. |
| Robert Weiler USAAF *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Weller, Robert (Robert Weiler USAAF) Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bob Weiler enlisted in the Army, seving in field artillery and the newly formed Tank Destroyer Forces. In September 1943 he began flight training in the Army Air Corps as an aerial gunner, first on B-17s, and eventually as an electrical specialist gunner aboard the new B-29 Superfortresses. Stationed on Guam, he flew many 3000 mile combat missions of 18 hours per flight against the Japanese home islands. On his 14th mission, to Osaka, his plane was badly shot up. His crew bailed out, narrowly escaping the complete destruction of their plane, which exploded just before hitting the water. Bob and his surviving crew were picked up by submarine. Over the course of his 19 combat missions, Bobs crew made emergency landings on Iwo Jima on a number of occasions, due either to battle damage or engine problems. He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant in December 1945. Bob is retired, living in the Sarasote, Florida area. His decorations include two Air Medals, Purple Heart, Pacific Theater Medal with Air Offensive Japan Star, and other WWII service medals. |
| Jack Lucas USMC MOH (deceased) Died : 2008 *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. | Lucas, Jack (Jack Lucas USMC MOH (deceased)) Born in Plymouth, N.C., on February 14th, 1928, Lucas was a 13-year-old cadet captain in a military academy when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Jacklyln Jack Lucas was just six days past his 17th birthday in February 1945 when his heroism at Iwo Jima earned him the nations highest military honor. He used his body to shield three fellow squad members from two grenades, and was nearly killed when one exploded. He passed away on Thursday May 1st 2008 in a Hattiesburg, Miss. hospital. He was 80. |
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