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Marine Cpl Francis P Conlin, Jr..
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Casualty Info
Home Town Philadelphia
Last Address 5759 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casualty Date Mar 10, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Japan
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Calvary Cemetery - West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Base, Station or City Company C, 3rd Parachute Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Elliott, San Diego
State/Country California
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3rd Parachute Bn, 1st Parachute Regiment Details
USMC Parachute Units Mission
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.
Other Memories Company C, 3rd Parachute Battalion, Amphibious Corps Pacific Fleet, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA Jan 1943 PFC, Co C, 3rdParaBn, ACPF, Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA “19Jan42; 2, jdfr Co A, ParaTrngS, MCB, San Diego, Calif.; Para”
