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Re: Yokosuka Officers Club

There is a photograph taken in the Yokosuka Officers Club showing the following individuals... Larry Shea, "Soup" Campbell, Ed Dannenberger, Ernie Tongate, Bob Hughes, Harold Mochaner, Bill Dale (my dad), Bob Frye, ?? Markuzen, Art Dannenberger.

The spelling is probably wrong on a few of those names but wanted to share that info in case anyone recognizes any of those officers.

2nd Battalion, 4th Marines "E company"

Some further info on William P Dale Jr.

He was assigned to E company in September 1944 as the platoon leader with extra duties as 2nd Battalion "chemical officer". He was a 2nd Lieutenant when he joined the 6th Division and went to Gauadalcanal and eventually Okinawa where he recieved 3 separate injuries (shrapnel eye 5/20 & shrapnel leg 5/21) near Sugar Loaf including being shot in left abdomen on May 25th.
Following his recovering on Guam, he was part of the 4th Marines of Task Force 31 that entered Tokyo Bay and took Yokasuka on August 30th. He recieved a promotion to 1st Lieutenant on Sept 15, 1945 while in Japan and before he went on to China the following January.
He recieved a final promotion to Captain in USMC Reserves in 1951 and left the Reserves in 1957.