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Crossed equator Nov 1938 USS Pheonix enroute Trinidat, BWI and Buenos Ares, Argentina.
Cross equator Jan 1939 enroute NYD Philadelphia.
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MILITARY HONORS ESCORT
Oct 1947 to Jan 1949 he was assigned as Marine Honor Escort at Quartermaster Depot Kansas City. During this time he was "assigned temporary duties in connection with program honoring WW II Dead". While at MB NAD MC ALESTER OK he made at least six temporary duty trips to QM Depot KC.
Early in 194O, the commandant stated that the question of paratroop and airborne activities for the Marine Corps was under consideration. Naval attaches were requested to furnish reports of recent parachute activity on the part of the Germans, Russians, and French in particular. The Division of Plans and Policies put forth a tentative recommendation for the formation of a tactical, parachute organization. Marine parachute troops were conceived as light shock troops whose function was:
(1) To act as a reconnoitering and raiding force to secure and transmit information or to destroy strategic installations of sufficient importance to warrant the risk of the force;
(2) To act as a spearhead, similar to an advance force, which seizes and holds critical terrain features;
(3) To act as a force which can be placed in large numbers into a position of tactical advantage where it can operate as a self-sustaining unit for a considerable length of time.
