Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....BLUE, PRIVATE AUGUST May 18, 1944 WWII U.S. MARINE CORPS. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 August 15, 2011, 12:47 pm WW 11 VETERANS CAMP PENNDLETON,CALIFORNIA MARINE PRIVATE AUGUST BLUE SON OF MR AND MRS JOHN BLUE OF CORDELE, GA., HAS BEEN GRADUATED FROM THE INFANTRY AND BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE WECTION AT TRAINING COMMAND HERE. PRIVATE BLUE HAS COMPLETED THOROUGH TRAINING WITH THE BAR, M-1 GARRAND, HAND GRENADES, ANTI-TANK GRENADES, AND IS WELL VERSED IN THE USE OF THE BAYONET AND KNIFE FOR JUNGLE WARFARE. HE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE INFANTRY BATTALION. PRIVATE BLUE WAS EMPLOYED AS A FARMER BRFORE ENLISTING IN THE MARINE CORPS OCTOBER 11,1943 IN ATLANTA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/other/blue1555mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb