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Russell G. Holmes

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Marine Corps

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED ON JANUARY 22, 1942 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 1945. RECEIVED TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA RECRUIT DEPOT AND CAMP ELLIOTT, CALIFORNIA. SERVED WITH THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION, 2ND BATTALION, 15TH MARINES. PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT ON GUAM FROM USS LST 41.PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT OF OKINAWA FROM USS LST 568. THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR OKINAWA AND THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION RIBBON FOR GUAM.