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Marine PFC David Roads.
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Last Address Hong Kong, China
Date of Passing May 22, 2008
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Upon his discharge on 1 May 1946 at Marine Corps Base, San Diego, CA, David Roads returned to Denver, CO where he attended the University of Denver, graduating with a BA in Journalism. He was a Foreign Correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune and Far East editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. He was a member of the Sixth Marine Division Association, Veteran of Foreign Wars, and Past President and Founder of the Foreign Correspondent?s Club of Hong Kong, as well as editor and publisher of the first American business magazine in Hong Kong, Modern Asia, moderator of the television show, Meet the Press and CBS television news commentator. His stories and television reports have appeared on TV, magazine and newspapers worldwide. He had resided in Hong Kong for over 50 years and is survived by his wife, the former Philippine Beauty Queen and actress Pacita Francisco, whom he shared a life in marriage for over 46 years.
Other Comments:
I met Mr. Roads while stationed at the US Embassy in Hong Kong, China. He was an inspiring individual whose Espirit De Corps affected us all for the better. He was the true definition of a US Marine.
Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-43)/Battle of Tulagi (including First Savo)
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August / 1942
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August / 1942
Description
The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces. It took place from 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
In the battle, U.S. Marines, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, successfully landed and captured the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo among which the Japanese Navy had constructed a naval and seaplane base. The landings were fiercely resisted by the Japanese Navy troops who, outnumbered and outgunned by the Allied forces, fought and died almost to the last man.
At the same time that the landings on Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo were taking place, Allied troops were also landing on nearby Guadalcanal, with the objective of capturing an airfield under construction by Japanese forces. In contrast to the intense fighting on Tulagi and Gavutu, the landings on Guadalcanal were essentially unopposed. The landings on both Tulagi and Guadalcanal initiated the six-month long Guadalcanal campaign and a series of combined-arms battles between Allied and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands area.