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Marine Sgt Harvey Armstrong.
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Last Address Chicago
Date of Passing Dec 01, 2008
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At the battle for Saipan Harv was getting ready to go over the side for the invasion whan a Captain pull him aside and told him he was in charge of offloading his units gear. Four days later he caught up with it. He said the Platoon Sgt looked like he had seen a ghost as they had listed Cpl Armstrong as Missing in Action, Killed. He always got a laugh out of that.
On the third day ashore on Iwo Jima Sgt Armstrong received a head wound. He said they were setting up their gun in some rocks and the next thing he knew he was aboard the Hospital Ship Solace. He was evacuated to Saipan and then back to the states. Even though he wanted to stay in the Marine Corps he received a medical discharge in 1946.
Eastern Mandates Campaign (1944)/Operation Flintlock/Battle of Roi-Namur Island
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February / 1944
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February / 1944
Description Japan took over in 1914 and colonised the Marshalls extensively, developing and fortifying large bases on many of the islands. Roi-Namur was the target of the U.S. 4th Marine Division in the Battle of Kwajalein, in February 1944. During the Japanese occupation, the two islands were connected by a narrow neck of land and causeway. After the American occupation, US Navy SeaBees filled the area between the islands by December 1944; the two islands are now joined are presently called Roi-Namur with a total area of about one square mile.
