3/HQ/8 Communications Platoon

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Radio Section 3/HQ/8 at Guadalcanal.
The lines behind the group are telephone lines.

Rear Row:

George Kern	KIA Tarawa
Carl Schroeder	nicknamed "pop"
T.C. Smith	WIA Saipan
Donald Pettibone
Les Groshong	WIA Saipan

Front Row:

John April
Kenneth J. Connor
Ralph Sharkey
James L. Bennett	KIA Saipan


Communications platoon 3/HQ/8 in New Zealand.
Les Groshong, second row from the top and fourth from left.
Two down directly below him is Lt Kobela.



Some Marines of 3/HQ/8 at Camp Tarawa.

Top two, Edward Ball and William Campbell

On knees with cap Omer G. Norman, Les R. Groshong, (head only) and R.G.W.Johnson.

Then with his hands on Doyle - Earl F. Steeb, John B. Love, (tall one) Robert F. Koehler, and on extreme right Walter E. Olsen.

Bottom row - sitting, from left to right: Patrick J. Doyle, Robert C. Barrackman, and Neil N. Buckley.

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