Daily Archives: June 25, 2012

A little background on this project: last fall I made several visits to the National Archives in Washington DC on behalf of the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines Memorial Fund.  My mission was two-fold: acquire a list of the battalion’s casualties during World War 2 for the planned memorial, and see what kind of reference material was available on 3/3 from World War 2.  Our Corpsman emeritus “Doc” Hoppy also thought we might be able to find a few living veterans as well. Read more »