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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.
1950, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 170 (Chairman) (WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania)
