WILLIAM FORD TRISTRAM, JR.
Corporal

 

Entered service August 6, 1942...Trained at
Parris Island, N.C....Assigned to 19th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, F.M.F....Served: Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, B.S.I., November 1943 to January 1944, Guam, M.I. , July 1944 to February 1945;
Iwo Jima, V.I. , February 1945 to March 1945...Also in San Diego, Calif. ; New Zealand; Guadalcanal ; Earl Naval Base, N.J. ; Quantico, Va....Date of discharge September 25, 1945 from M.B. , Quantico, Va....Graduated New Milford Jr. High School 1939.

New Milford in World War II
Teresa M. Martin
Copyright May 30, 1947

 

 





 

Background From: http://www.ww2gyrene.org/boot_camp.htm
Background of recruits at the Parris Island rifle range practicing snapping in