Major Golland L. Clark Jr. was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. Major Gollard L. Clark Jr. died during the attack.
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Golland Lee Clark
HOME OF RECORD: San Diego, California
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 1st Battalion
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, Philippine Coast Artillery Command, General Orders No. 22 (April 9, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Captain Golland Lee Clark, Jr. (MCSN: 0-5615), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, March 25, 1942. When the barracks of the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) were set on fire by a hostile bombing attack, Captain Golland Clark and First Lieutenant Ralph Penick, members of the First Battalion Staff, without regard for personal danger and while hostile planes were overhead, directed members of his company in getting the fire under control thus preventing complete destruction of buildings and defense installations in the area. The explosion of small arms and other ammunition stored in the area greatly increased the hazardous fire fighting operations.
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Golland Lee Clark
HOME OF RECORD: San Diego, California
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 1st Battalion
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, Philippine Coast Artillery Command, General Orders No. 22 (April 9, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Captain Golland Lee Clark, Jr. (MCSN: 0-5615), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, March 25, 1942. When the barracks of the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) were set on fire by a hostile bombing attack, Captain Golland Clark and First Lieutenant Ralph Penick, members of the First Battalion Staff, without regard for personal danger and while hostile planes were overhead, directed members of his company in getting the fire under control thus preventing complete destruction of buildings and defense installations in the area. The explosion of small arms and other ammunition stored in the area greatly increased the hazardous fire fighting operations.
Major Golland L. Clark Jr. was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. Major Gollard L. Clark Jr. died during the attack.
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Golland Lee Clark
HOME OF RECORD: San Diego, California
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 1st Battalion
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, Philippine Coast Artillery Command, General Orders No. 22 (April 9, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Captain Golland Lee Clark, Jr. (MCSN: 0-5615), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, March 25, 1942. When the barracks of the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) were set on fire by a hostile bombing attack, Captain Golland Clark and First Lieutenant Ralph Penick, members of the First Battalion Staff, without regard for personal danger and while hostile planes were overhead, directed members of his company in getting the fire under control thus preventing complete destruction of buildings and defense installations in the area. The explosion of small arms and other ammunition stored in the area greatly increased the hazardous fire fighting operations.
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Golland Lee Clark
HOME OF RECORD: San Diego, California
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Captain
Battalion: 1st Battalion
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, Philippine Coast Artillery Command, General Orders No. 22 (April 9, 1942)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Captain Golland Lee Clark, Jr. (MCSN: 0-5615), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company B, First Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, March 25, 1942. When the barracks of the 92nd Coast Artillery (Philippine Scouts) were set on fire by a hostile bombing attack, Captain Golland Clark and First Lieutenant Ralph Penick, members of the First Battalion Staff, without regard for personal danger and while hostile planes were overhead, directed members of his company in getting the fire under control thus preventing complete destruction of buildings and defense installations in the area. The explosion of small arms and other ammunition stored in the area greatly increased the hazardous fire fighting operations.
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