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Edited by R. R. Keene
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Looking for James
Kelly or those who
may know him.
COURTES Y OF HERMAN BISHOP
• Former Sgt Herman Bishop, P.O. Box
406, Adams, MA 01220-0406, (413) 743-
0098, marine1948@verizon.net, to hear
from Marine James E. KELLY (above)
of the Bronx, N.Y., born circa 1947, or
those who know him.
• Robert Sieborg, P.O. Box 13362,
Omaha, NE 68113-0362, (402) 496-1498,
to hear from Marines who served at Port
Lyautey/Kenitra or any other assignment in Morocco at anytime.
• Marine veteran John Savino, 7541 Niantic Ave., Micco, FL 32976-7772, to hear
from Marines Bud HANSON and J. K.
MELLEBY, who were with him in 1952
in Vieques.
• Christy Blanchard, 22503 51st Ave.
W., Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043, christy
blanchard@dwt.com, is interested in the
Marine Corps history of her late father,
Thomas M. “Tommy” DAY (below), who
served during WW II in the Pacific with
22d Marines, 6thMarDiv at Kwajalein,
Eniwetok and Guam.
• Marine veteran Emil Paul Wroblicky,
565 Swarthmore St., Pacific Palisades, CA
90272, (810) 454-4766, to hear from or
about anyone knowing Gilbert R. DUR-RAN (DURANT) from Los Angeles and
anyone else with 3d Amphibian Bn in
WW II.
• 1stLt Donald A. Brown, USMC (Ret),
3025 Sequoia Ave., Eureka, CA 95503-
4825, donlynai@suddenlink.net, to hear
from SSgt Joe BRANCATI of Plainview, N. Y., regarding the “Summer of 48”
Marines.
• Former Sgt Thomas Payne, 2220 Flat
Branch Rd., Ellijay, GA 30540, (706) 635-
4540, to hear from members of Plt 329,
Parris Island, 1967 and from Marines
who served with 1st Plt, F/2/4, RVN,
1967-68.
• Maj Bennie L. Parks, USMC (Ret),
1380 Hazelwood Rd., Clarksville, TN
37042-8529, (931) 624-6570, benpar34
@ aol.com, to hear from SSgt MATH-EWS and Sgt MILLS, OCS instructors
for 3d Plt, Co C, OCC, MCS Quantico,
Va., 1957.
• Marine veteran George Clark, (603)
989-5697, brasshat@kingcon.com, has
lost his e-mail service and records and
would like to hear from previous contacts in order to restore his files.
• Marine veteran Lester J. Kyle Jr.,
4435 6th Pl. S. W., Vero Beach, FL 32968,
fly4kyle@aol.com, to hear from Marine
If you remember serving
with Tommy Day (far right)
or the Marines with him,
contact Christy Blanchard.
COURTES Y OF CHRIST Y BLANCHARD
Dennis P. KILBRIDE with NATTC, Jacksonville, Fla., and Memphis, Tenn., 1956.
• GySgt Larry M. Edwards, USMC
(Ret), 584 McIntire Dr., Fairborn, OH
45324, lumederds@yahoo.com, to hear
from members of Plt 162, Parris Island,
1964, and anyone who served with him.
• Marine veteran Mike Ruffner, 40557
N. Minena St., Antioch, IL 60002, amber
wavesflag@aol.com, to locate members
of A/1/1 during the battle for Okinawa
and Cpl Loren “Duke” ABDALLA;
Lieutenants W. P. WHITE, J. DUFFY,
P. E. BURKE; Marines H. T. CLARKE
from Georgia, Ace ADAMS and Corky
BERNARD, both from Michigan, Stan
BITCHELL from Massachusetts, and
Barney ROURKE from New York.
• Patrick Wackerly, Sidley Austin, LLP,
1 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60603,
(312) 853-7273, pwackerly@sidley.com,
to hear from anyone who may remember
serving with Howard E. CATO, veteran
of the 6thMarDiv, on Guadalcanal, Okinawa or in Japan during WW II.
• Marine veteran Tim Blakeman, 216
Deer Run Dr., Schriever, LA 70395, (985)
448-1890, timblakeman@bellsouth.net,
to hear from Richard P. RIDDLE and
Donald W. GASTON, whom he served
with at Pearl Harbor and Camp Catlin,
Hawaii, and Korea and as a drill instructor at Parris Island.
• Marine veteran Bill Alli, 2803 Baker
Ln., Bowie, MD 20715, (301) 262-4604,
billalli39@verizon.net, to hear from members of Plt 33, San Diego, 1950, and 17th
Infantry Bn, USMCR at Detroit Naval
Armory before September 1950.
• Marine veteran John Carvotta, 151
School St., Groveland, MA 01834, (978)
462-8171, Ext. 5119, jcarvotta@trsd.net,
to hear from members of MAG-12, Chu
Lai, RVN, 1965-66.
• Marine veteran LaRocque DuBose,
4801 N. 78th St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251,
(480) 994-5954, stellroc@yahoo.com, to
hear from members of Plt 490, Parris Island, 1944.
