Pfc. Donald R. Abraham KIA Iwo Jima.
Unit Company G, 3rdBattalion 3rd Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division FMF,
Home: New London, Wisconsin.
Father: Charles D. Christian.
Service ID: 474542.
Awards: Silver Star, World War 2 Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
http://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/resources/WWII%20U.S.M.C.%20Military%20Personnel%20File.pdf
D+14 saw the Marine frontline run almost along the position designated for D+1. The Japanese still held an excellent advantage as, even though they were now much smaller in number and short of food, water and ammunition, the terrain to the north was very rough and provided superb defensive cover. The Motoyama Plateau, which was the flat area in the centre of the island where the third airfield had been started gave way to an almost moonlike terrain of hills, valleys, ravines and canyons. Tanks were finding the going extremely tough and every cave or hillock held a defensive position. Any movement would draw fire from a number of different directions and an advance of a couple of hundred yards was good going. The Seebees continued to work on Airfield No. 1 now secure from the worst of the enemy shelling. Around it lay a collection of huts, shacks, tents and compounds that resembled a shanty town - ground that had been so recently a bloody battlefield on a par with the Somme and Passchendaele. Despite the 5th being a day of rest for the Marines, the Japanese continued their incessant shelling. New supplies were brought up to the front, tanks and vehicles were serviced, replacements absorbed (the veterans doing what they could to prepare them for the coming onslaught) and fresh coffee and doughnuts arrived from the bakery near Airfield No. 1.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
Unit Company G, 3rdBattalion 3rd Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division FMF,
Home: New London, Wisconsin.
Father: Charles D. Christian.
Service ID: 474542.
Awards: Silver Star, World War 2 Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
http://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/resources/WWII%20U.S.M.C.%20Military%20Personnel%20File.pdf
D+14 saw the Marine frontline run almost along the position designated for D+1. The Japanese still held an excellent advantage as, even though they were now much smaller in number and short of food, water and ammunition, the terrain to the north was very rough and provided superb defensive cover. The Motoyama Plateau, which was the flat area in the centre of the island where the third airfield had been started gave way to an almost moonlike terrain of hills, valleys, ravines and canyons. Tanks were finding the going extremely tough and every cave or hillock held a defensive position. Any movement would draw fire from a number of different directions and an advance of a couple of hundred yards was good going. The Seebees continued to work on Airfield No. 1 now secure from the worst of the enemy shelling. Around it lay a collection of huts, shacks, tents and compounds that resembled a shanty town - ground that had been so recently a bloody battlefield on a par with the Somme and Passchendaele. Despite the 5th being a day of rest for the Marines, the Japanese continued their incessant shelling. New supplies were brought up to the front, tanks and vehicles were serviced, replacements absorbed (the veterans doing what they could to prepare them for the coming onslaught) and fresh coffee and doughnuts arrived from the bakery near Airfield No. 1.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
Pfc. Donald R. Abraham KIA Iwo Jima.
Unit Company G, 3rdBattalion 3rd Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division FMF,
Home: New London, Wisconsin.
Father: Charles D. Christian.
Service ID: 474542.
Awards: Silver Star, World War 2 Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
http://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/resources/WWII%20U.S.M.C.%20Military%20Personnel%20File.pdf
D+14 saw the Marine frontline run almost along the position designated for D+1. The Japanese still held an excellent advantage as, even though they were now much smaller in number and short of food, water and ammunition, the terrain to the north was very rough and provided superb defensive cover. The Motoyama Plateau, which was the flat area in the centre of the island where the third airfield had been started gave way to an almost moonlike terrain of hills, valleys, ravines and canyons. Tanks were finding the going extremely tough and every cave or hillock held a defensive position. Any movement would draw fire from a number of different directions and an advance of a couple of hundred yards was good going. The Seebees continued to work on Airfield No. 1 now secure from the worst of the enemy shelling. Around it lay a collection of huts, shacks, tents and compounds that resembled a shanty town - ground that had been so recently a bloody battlefield on a par with the Somme and Passchendaele. Despite the 5th being a day of rest for the Marines, the Japanese continued their incessant shelling. New supplies were brought up to the front, tanks and vehicles were serviced, replacements absorbed (the veterans doing what they could to prepare them for the coming onslaught) and fresh coffee and doughnuts arrived from the bakery near Airfield No. 1.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
Unit Company G, 3rdBattalion 3rd Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division FMF,
Home: New London, Wisconsin.
Father: Charles D. Christian.
Service ID: 474542.
Awards: Silver Star, World War 2 Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
http://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/resources/WWII%20U.S.M.C.%20Military%20Personnel%20File.pdf
D+14 saw the Marine frontline run almost along the position designated for D+1. The Japanese still held an excellent advantage as, even though they were now much smaller in number and short of food, water and ammunition, the terrain to the north was very rough and provided superb defensive cover. The Motoyama Plateau, which was the flat area in the centre of the island where the third airfield had been started gave way to an almost moonlike terrain of hills, valleys, ravines and canyons. Tanks were finding the going extremely tough and every cave or hillock held a defensive position. Any movement would draw fire from a number of different directions and an advance of a couple of hundred yards was good going. The Seebees continued to work on Airfield No. 1 now secure from the worst of the enemy shelling. Around it lay a collection of huts, shacks, tents and compounds that resembled a shanty town - ground that had been so recently a bloody battlefield on a par with the Somme and Passchendaele. Despite the 5th being a day of rest for the Marines, the Japanese continued their incessant shelling. New supplies were brought up to the front, tanks and vehicles were serviced, replacements absorbed (the veterans doing what they could to prepare them for the coming onslaught) and fresh coffee and doughnuts arrived from the bakery near Airfield No. 1.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
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