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Marine MGySgt Robert Harold Shucker.
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Bob entered the Marine Corps in 1942, following certification as a railroad policeman. He served in Guadalcanal providing security following the Japanese leaving the island. He was part of the "rear guard" at Iwo Jima and was shot in the chest, but continued to fight during the storming of Guam.
Bob returned home to Lebanon following WWII and began providing security and other services at Bethlehem Steel Company. In 1953, he was returned to Active Duty to serve as an artillery instructor at Camp LeJeune, NC and he remained stationed there and in Korea until he transferred to the Marine-Navy Reserve Center Harrisburg PA in 1962 as a Gunnery Sergeant. There he served as an instructor/trainer, rising to Master Gunnery Sergeant.
Bob's time at LeJeune must have been partly in a Reserve Unit, because records also show him working at Bethlehem Steel during the early 1960s. He also spent at least 6 months at Quantico, VA, presumably in training to become an artillery instructor, and additional TDRL to Paris Island during the mid-1960s.
Bob's second marriage in 1964 gave him an instant family with 2 young step-sons, both of whom followed his recommendation and became Navy Corpsmen.
Operation Beleaguer (China)
From Month/Year
September / 1945
To Month/Year
October / 1949
Description Operation Beleaguer was a major United States military operation that took place in northeastern China's Hopeh and Shantung Provinces between 1945 and 1949. The main objectives of the operation were the repatriation of more than 600,000 Japanese and Koreans, who remained in China after the end of World War II, and the protection of American lives and property. During the course of nearly four years, American forces engaged in several small battles with the Communists, and they were successful in repatriating and evacuating thousands of foreign nationals. The United States government also attempted to mediate a peace treaty with the opposing Nationalist and Communist forces, but the effort was unsuccessful.
