Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. died on September 26, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Houston. He is survived by his sister, brother, three children, twelve grandchildren, and twenty-two great grandchildren.
Sidney provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns' PBS documentary film "The War" and the HBO miniseries "The Pacific". He volunteered to enlist in the US Marines at age seventeen on December 8, 1941, then was inducted later that month after gaining parental permission. He served with How Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division and saw combat as an 81mm mortarman in a number of battles including the Battle of the Tenaru during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester. He is the author of the book "You'll be Sor-ree", an accounting of his experiences in the US Marines.
Sidney provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns' PBS documentary film "The War" and the HBO miniseries "The Pacific". He volunteered to enlist in the US Marines at age seventeen on December 8, 1941, then was inducted later that month after gaining parental permission. He served with How Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division and saw combat as an 81mm mortarman in a number of battles including the Battle of the Tenaru during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester. He is the author of the book "You'll be Sor-ree", an accounting of his experiences in the US Marines.
Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. died on September 26, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Houston. He is survived by his sister, brother, three children, twelve grandchildren, and twenty-two great grandchildren.
Sidney provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns' PBS documentary film "The War" and the HBO miniseries "The Pacific". He volunteered to enlist in the US Marines at age seventeen on December 8, 1941, then was inducted later that month after gaining parental permission. He served with How Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division and saw combat as an 81mm mortarman in a number of battles including the Battle of the Tenaru during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester. He is the author of the book "You'll be Sor-ree", an accounting of his experiences in the US Marines.
Sidney provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns' PBS documentary film "The War" and the HBO miniseries "The Pacific". He volunteered to enlist in the US Marines at age seventeen on December 8, 1941, then was inducted later that month after gaining parental permission. He served with How Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division and saw combat as an 81mm mortarman in a number of battles including the Battle of the Tenaru during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester. He is the author of the book "You'll be Sor-ree", an accounting of his experiences in the US Marines.
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