World War II Honoree

Richard P. Bailey

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Duluth, Minnesota

ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS ON OCTOBER 10, 1940. SERIAL NUMBER 299422. SERVED WITH COMPANY K, THIRD BATTALION, SIXTH MARINES AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA UNTIL MAY, 1941. SERVED AT AKRANES, ICELAND JULY 1941 TO FEBRUARY 1942 AND WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND 1942-1943. SAW COMBAT IN THE FIRST AMERICAN LAND OFFENSIVE OF WORLD WAR TWO AGAINST THE JAPANESE AT GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS 1942-1943; IN COMBAT AT TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS NOVEMBER, 1943; IN COMBAT AT SAIPAN AND TINIAN, MARIANA ISLANDS JUNE AND JULY 1944. SERVED AT MARINE BARRACKS NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT IN EARLE, NEW JERSEY FEBRUARY 1945 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. DISCHARGED AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION, ILLINOIS ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1945.