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THEY WILL LIVE A LONG TIME THESE MEN OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THEY HAD AN AMERICAN QUALITY. THEY, LIKE THEIR VICTORIES, WILL BE REMEMBERED AS LONG AS OUR GENERATION LIVES. AFTER THAT, LIKE THE MEN OF THE CONFEDERACY, WILL BECOME STRANGERS. LONGER AND LONGER SHADOWS WILL OBSCURE THEM, UNTIL THEIR GUADALCANAL SOUNDS DISTANT ON THE EAR LIKE SHILOH AND VALLEY FORGE. (JAMES MICHENER)
Gill was born in Mark Illinois. After the war Gunny Serafini moved to Detroit. He and his brother Chesko opened a grocery store on 7 mile road in Detroit. After some years he then moved back to Mark Illinois where he retired from J&L Steel Corp. He enjoyed many years of retirement with his wife Dorothy and all of his children who lived close to him. "Juzzy" passed away in 2003.
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Gunny Serafini fought at Guadalcanal in WWII with the 1st Marine Division attached to the 24th Air Wing. He fought many battles during Guadalcanal including Edson's Bloody Ridge, Tulagi, Matanikau, Tenaru.
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Battle of Tulagi (including First Savo) /Tulagi Island landing
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August / 1942
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August / 1942
Description The Japanese occupied Tulagi on May 3, 1942, with the intention of setting up a seaplane base nearby (see Japanese Tulagi landing). The ships in Tulagi harbor were raided by planes from USS Yorktown the following day in a prelude to the Battle of the Coral Sea.
U.S. forces, primarily the 1st Marine Raiders, landed on August 7 and captured Tulagi as part of Operation Watchtower after a day of hard fighting.
After its capture by Naval and Marine forces, the island hosted a fleet of PT boats for a year which included John F. Kennedy's PT-109, as well as other ancillary facilities.
A small 20-bed dispensary was operated on Tulagi until its closure in 1946. The island also formed part of Purvis Bay, which hosted many U.S. Navy ships during 1942 and 1943.