Hi. My Dad served with the 6th Marine division and was in China after the battle on Okinowa. I have been watching the new series on the history channel this week and I am so interested in knowing more about WWII and what exactly my Dad encountered in his time in the South Pacific. My Dad died almost 15 years ago...and like many WWII surviving soldiers...he did not talk about the war.
From my own research I learned he served in the 6th Marines, 15th, artillery unit. His name was Jim (James)Criscitello. If you have a picture, I would definitely like to see it. Thanks.
Connie

My Dad also was in the 15th Marine regt. 3rd bn.. I have a photo of at least ten men standing and sitting around a Japanese flag. I don't know who they are but it is fascinating to look at. My Dad is sitting in the middle.

Just wanted to update everyone that I am hoping to use a different camera tomorrow to take pictures of the flag. My camera ended up taking too detailed of pictures to upload to email to send out as an attachment. Hopefully in the next few days I will be able to send these out. I was also told by my father-in-law that he has numerous pictures that his gpa had taken during his time in WWII with the 6th. I am hoping to see these in the next few weeks and I will definitely be watching for the names everyone has sent me! Hopefully some of them will match up. Thanks to everyone for your help!

According to my Grandfather's records he was at Guadalcanal in November 1944. He actually disembarked from the SS Cape Clear on Sept. 14 1944 and was still there in November. I would love to see a picture of the flag. My Grandfather's name was Lt. Robert Samuel Troxler, known as R.S. Troxler. Thanks