VINTAGE RARE U.S.M.C. 2nd. MARINES, 1st MARINE DIV. (PICTORIAL REVIEW) 1946

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VINTAGE RARE U.S.M.C. 2nd. MARINES, 1st MARINE DIV. (PICTORIAL REVIEW) 1946
VINTAGE RARE U.S.M.C. 2nd. MARINES, 1st MARINE DIV. (PICTORIAL REVIEW) 1946
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From a private WWII museum collection of over 20 years, featuring all types of original WWII period clothing, equipment and assorted military pieces, as well as a variety of reproduction items, uniforms, equipment, and European military surplus.  All items have been part of a variety of WWII displays. This private WWII museum collection is being sold off.   The following item is offered for sale  –
VINTAGE RARE U.S.M.C. 2nd. MARINES, 1st MARINE DIV. (PICTORIAL REVIEW) 1946
ADDITIONAL 24 PICTURE GALLERY INCLUDED
FROM MY DAD'S WWII COLLECTION:
THIS RARE PAMPHLET COMES FROM MY GRANDFATHER’S
TRUNK STORAGE… STORED FOR OVER 50+ YEARS.
HE RECEIVED THIS IN A FREE MAILING SENT TO VETERANS
OF THE
2
nd
MARINE BATTALION, AFTER WWII.
MY GRANDFATHER ENLISTED IN THE MARINES IN
NEW YORK CITY ON DEC. 8, 1941, THE DAY AFTER
THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
HE WAS JUST 16 YEARS OLD AND GOT IN WITH A
SIGNED LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER.
HE WAS EVENTUALLY ASSIGNED TO THE
2
nd
MARINE BATTALION, 1
st
MARINE DIVISION.
HE WAS ONLY 17 WHEN HE STORMED THE BEACHES
OF GUADALCANAL, AUG. 7, 1942.
2d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1
st
Marine Div.
SHOWN IN THE ITEM LISTING
GALLERY PHOTOS >>
ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARINES OF THE 2
nd
BATTALION, 1
st
MAR. DIV. IS A FAMOUS PHOTO OF THE FOLLOWING >
Two U.S. Marines of the
2
nd
Battalion, 1
st
Marine Div. advance
on Wana Ridge.  The Marine in the left foreground spots the enemy, takes aim with his
Thompson submachine gun
, and fires a burst … May 18, 1945, during the
Battle of Okinawa
.  This is a very famous, widely circulated, and well know photograph of Marines in combat, often used in Historical books.
THIS IS A VERY RARE ORIGINAL SHORT STORY EDITION "PICTORIAL REVIEW" OF U.S.M.C. SUMMER TRAINING AT
CAMP LEJEUNE,
NORTH CAROLINA THAT WAS PART OF A COVER STORY DONE BY THE
“BOSTONIAN MAGAZINE” JUST AFTER WWII,
IN THE SUMMER OF 1946-47,
MY GRANDFATHER’S UNIT DURING THE WAR.
THE EDITOR & STAFF OF THE
“BOSTONIAN MAGAZINE” CHOSE TO COVER >
THE 2
nd
MARINE BATTALION OF THE 1
st
MARINE DIV. DURING SUMMER TRAINING AT CAMP LEJEUNE,
FROM 1946-1947.
A MAGAZINE ARTICLE / SHORT STORY WAS DONE ON THE UNIT, BACKED UP BY THIS PICTORIAL REVIEW EDITION
WHICH COVERED TRAINING OF THE 2
nd
BATTALION IN
PHOTOS AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.
IT WAS A SMALL EDITION & PICTORIAL PAMPHLET..
(A PICTORIAL REVIEW)
COVERING RECRUITING, INDUCTION, TRAINING AND
OFF DUTY RELAXATION, AND WAS PREFACED AND PREPARED IN COOPORATION WITH MEMBERS
OF THE BATTALION’S TRAINING STAFF, AS READ
IN THE “PREFACE” …
TO WELCOME NEW RECRUITS.
PAPER PAMPHLET IS IN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL CONDITION, DATING TO THE SUMMER OF - 1946.
PICTORIAL REVIEW COVERED FROM 1946-1947
AS DETAILED IN THE 2
nd
PAGE PREFACE.
MANILLA PAPER WITH RED INK COVER >
COVER HEADING –
SECOND INFANTRY BATTALION
USMC GLOBE & ANCHOR
SUMMER TRAINING
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
PAMPHLET SHOWS THIS INTRODUCTION REVIEW
IS A BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC
CHRONOLOGY (PICTORIAL REVIEW)
OF NEW RECRUITS OF THE >
2
nd
BATTALION, 1st MARINES FROM THE RECRUITING
AND INDUCTION THRU TRAINING.
IT’S A PHOTOGRAPHIC REVIEW/STORY WITH SMALL CAPTIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PHOTO ..
A LOT OF THE CAPTIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO READ,
BUT YOU GET THE GENERAL IDEA OF A CLASS OF YOUNG RECRUITS JOURNEY THRU THEIR SUMMER TRAINING, IN THIS PICTORIAL REVIEW.
(STAPLED PAMPHLET)
(FRONT COVER & HEADING)
(PREFACE PAGE)
(9 PAGES – PHOTOS WITH CAPTIONS)
(REAR COVER PAGE – BLANK)
(PAMPHLET IS > 9” INCHES X 12 ½” INCHES)
PAMPHLET AT ONE TIME WAS PREVIOUSLY FOLDED,
BUT IT’S STRAIGHTENED OUT MUCH BETTER
OVER MANY YEARS OF FLAT STORAGE,
SO THE FOLD IS NOT SO BAD NOW.
FRONT COVER REMAINS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION
WITH A FEW LITTLE SMUDGES & TINY MARKS ONLY.
RED COLOR GRAPHICS REMAIN IN GREAT CONDITION.
MANILLA PAGES HAVE AGED SLIGHTLY WITH
THE YELLOWING TINGE OF TIME, VERY MINOR..
COVER & PAGES HAVE A FEW MINISCULE EDGE TEARS
HERE & THERE .. NOTHING TO REALLY SPEAK OFF.
PAMPHLET REMAINS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
INNER PHOTO PAGES REMAIN IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
REAR COVER HAS A FEW SMALL SMUDGES,
COLOR TINGE FROM STORAGE & ONE SMALL
EDGE FOLD FROM YEARS IN A FOOTLOCKER.
ADDITIONAL WWII ERA MARINE PHOTOS AND VINTAGE RECRUITING POSTER PHOTO ARE SHOWN FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE & ARE NOT PART OF THE "PICTORIAL REVIEW" PAMPHLET.
IT’S ACTUALLY KIND OF RARE AND JUST A NEAT PIECE
OF HISTORY FROM A MARINE VETERAN’S ESTATE.
VETERANS OF THE 2
nd
BATTALION RECEIVED THIS
PICTORIAL REVIEW, FREE, AS A GIFT FROM
THE MARINE CORPS. WHO MADE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR COPIES TO BE SENT TO
ALL PAST UNIT MEMBERS.
WITH THE STANDARD (4-6 YEAR ENLISTMENT) AND
FOR THOSE MARINES WHO CHOSE TO REMAIN IN
THE CORPS. AS THEIR CAREER, AND SO MANY HAVE,
THIS VERY CLASS OF YOUNG RECRUITS PICTURED IN THIS PICTORIAL REVIEW WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
FIRST TO SCALE THE LADDERS AT ‘INCHON” IN
“OPERATION CHROMITE”
SEPT. 15, 1950.
MY GRANDFATHER DIED 26 YEARS AGO AND WE
HAVE BEEN SLOWLY SELLING STUFF OFF.
IT’S A NICE LITTLE COLLECTIBLE TO ADD TO YOUR U.S.M.C. COLLECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE
VETERAN’S & COLLECTORS WHO HAVE A CONNECTION
TO THE
2
nd
BATTALION, 1
st
MARINE DIVISION.
THE HALLOWED “THE BLUE DIAMOND 1”
“SEMPER FI”
MY GRANDFATHER IN THE MARINES
:
AFTER JOINING THE MARINES MY GRANDFATHER
TRAINED AS A 30 CAL. MACHINE GUNNER.
AS A MACHINE GUNNER ATTACHED TO A RIFLE COMPANY.
HE FOUGHT AT GUADALCANAL, PELELIU, & OKINAWA, AND
SURVIVED THE WAR.  MY GRANDFATHER TOLD US HE WAS
FRIENDS WITH JOHN BASILONE, ALSO A MACHINE, WHO WON
THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROISM DURING THE BATTLE
OF GUADALCANAL.  AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER
SOME 1
st
MARINE DIV. UNITS WERE SENT TO NORTHERN CHINA FOR OCCUPATIONAL DUTY, AND OTHER UNITS FROM THE 1
st
, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE 2
nd
BATTALION WERE ATTACHED TO BOTH THE
4
th
& 6
th
MARINE DIV.’s AND SENT TO JAPAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL DUTY, WHERE MY GRANDFATHER’S UNIT WAS STATIONED IN YOKOSUKA NEAR TOKYO FROM SEPT. 1945 TO FEB. 1946, AND THEN HE WAS SENT HOME & DISCHARGED.
“MY GRANDFATHER TOLD US SOME AMAZING STORIES ABOUT
THE FIGHTING ON GAUDALCANAL & THE HORRIBLE FIGHTING
HIS UNIT SAW DURING THE ASSAULT ON THE SHURI LINE,
DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA.  HE SAID HIS
UNIT CAME UP AGAINST A DETACHMENT OF (IJM)
IMPERIAL JAPANESE MARINES THAT WERE PART OF A LAST
MINUTE LANDING FORCE THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO DEFENSIVE
DUTY ALONG THE SHURI LINE.  HE SAID THEY FOUGHT
TO THE DEATH & CASULTIES WERE VERY HIGH IN HIS UNIT.
HE WAS MADE ACTING SGT. WHEN HIS COMPANY
SGT. WAS KILLED.
THE 1
st
MARINE DIVISION IS THE MOST DECORATED UNIT
IN THE MARINE CORPS.
IN 1971THE 1st MARINE DIVISION WAS RELOCATED TO >
CAMP PENDLETON, CA.
THE BOSTONIAN MAGAZINE >
WAS PUBLISHED BY THE >
BOSTONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY OF BOSTON, MA.
IT DATES BACK TO THE LATE 1800’s, AND STARTED
OUT AS A PAPER & CLOTH COVERED & BOUND EDITION,
THAT INITIALLY SOLD FOR APROX. $ .23 CENTS.
IT WENT ON TO COVER MAJOR & INTERNATIONAL EVENTS,
AS WELL AS NATIONAL EVENTS & PREDOMINANTLY
GREATER BOSTON AREA EVENTS & NEWS THRU BOTH
WWI, WWII & THE KOREAN WAR.
IT WAS EVENTUALLY
INCORPORATED INTO
THE BOSTON GLOBE.
THE FOLLOWING WERE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES
ONLY & ARE NOT INCLUDED
AND NOT FOR SALE >
BEDROLL WITH LEATHER STRAP
M1 HELMET    LEATHER CARRY CASE
CANTEEN-WEB BELT     DOG TAGS
M1916 HOLSTER & 2 M1911 .45’s
M1 CARBINE    LEATHER TOOL POUCH
BINOCULARS
WWII MARINE ENLISTED WINTER SERVICE A TUNIC
WITH SHIRT & TIE,
CORPORAL, 1
st
MARINE DIV. 1943
NOT INCLUDED
* Portions of some text & or historical information used for item discriptions or historical info. is borrowed from several contributing web sites to provide as accurate info. as possile, when available. A variet of historical & reference sources are used ***
All this research was done by my Dad over years of collecting, thanks for all your great work Dad.
Will J.
... ALL OTHER UNIFORM DISPLAY PIECES, LEATHER JERKINS, MAPS, WATCHES, CIGARETTE LIGHTERS, GLOVES, BELTS, HOLSTERS, MANNEQUINS,  HAVERSACKS, GI STOVES, REPLICA GN’S, BOOKS, & ALL OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED FOR SALE AS PART OF THIS LISTING ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & ARE NOT FOR SALE
** MANNEQUINS ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES & ARE NOT FOR SALE**
*SHIRTS & TIES ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & NOT FOR SALE, UNLESS OTHERWISE LISTED*
** ALL ITEMS, DESCRIPTIONS & CONDITION ARE PROVIDED AS BEST AS POSSIBLE**
** SIZE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE BUT FIT IS NOT GUARANTEED**
**THE ENTIRE WWII COLLECTION IS BEING SOLD OFF, SO ALL SALES ARE FINAL & NO RETURNS,
BUT ALL ITEMS ARE COVERED UNDER THE EBAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
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I have predominantly been a collector of WWII militaria for the last 20+ years, though I have sold some pieces from the collection before, as well as other items, but it is finally time to sell the collection off & let others enjoy adding new pieces to their collection.  I hope others enjoy them as much as I have.
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Thank you for viewing this item.
Thank you
to all the men & women of “The Greatest Generation” for their service & sacrifice during WWII and thank you to all the men & women who proudly serve or have served our country in the  United States military to protect our country and our freedom.
“GOD BLESS AMERICA”
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