World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Alvin Benjamin Coffland
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Bruce, Bryan, Gary & Families
A GRADUATE OF THE 30TH CANDIDATE’S CLASS ON JULY 28, 1943, MARINE BARRACKS, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. OCTOBER 8, 1944, VMF-322, MARINE AIR GROUP 32, 2ND MARINE AIRCRAFT WING. LEFT PEARL HARBOR AND ARRIVED ENIWETOK ON OCTOBER 17, 1944. ASHORE OCTOBER 20-24, 1944. LEFT ENIWETOK OCTOBER 29, 1944 AND ARRIVED BABELTHUAP NOVEMBER 3, 1944. LEFT BABELTHUAP NOVEMBER 3, 1944 AND ARRIVED PELELIU. NEWS OF FLEET VICTORY BETWEEN YAP AND TRUK NOVEMBER 5, 1944. ASHORE ON PELELIU NOVEMBER 6, 1944. TYPHOON NOVEMBER 14, 1944. LEFT PELELIU NOVEMBER 16, 1944. ARRIVED ULITHI NOVEMBER 19, 1944. ASHORE NOVEMBER 20, 1944, TORPEDOES; NOVEMBER 20 1944, LEFT ULITHI; NOVEMBER 22, 1944 CROSSED EQUATOR. NOVEMBER 23, 1944 ARRIVED MANUS. NOVEMBER 23, 1944 LEFT MANUS. NOVEMBER 25, 1944 NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN NOVEMBER 28, 1944 ARRIVED NEW HEBRIDES. NOVEMBER 29, 1944 LANDED ESPIRITU SANTO. MARCH 1945, OFFICER IN CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION. MARCH 1, 1945 EMBARKED ABOARD LST-599 AT ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES. MARCH 4, 1945 ARRIVED AT TULAGI, SOLOMON ISLANDS. MARCH 5-14, 1945 AT ANCHOR. MARCH 15, 1945 DEPARTED FROM TULAGI, SOLOMON ISLANDS. MARCH 25-26, 1945 AT ANCHOR. MARCH 27, 1945 DEPARTED FROM ULITHI, CAROLINE ISLANDS. MARCH 28-31, 1945 EN ROUTE TO SECRET LOCATION. APRIL 1-2, 1945 EN ROUTE. APRIL 3, 1945 LST-599 HIT BY ENEMY SUICIDE AIRCRAFT AT KERAMA RETTO. ALL PERSONNEL EVACUATED TO LST-598 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE ENLISTED MAN. APRIL 4-7, 1945 AT ANCHOR ABOARD LST-598 AT OKINAWA SHIMA, RYUKYU GROUP. APRIL 9-30, 1945 OFFICER IN CHARGE, TRANSPORTATION. MAY 1-29, 1945 OFFICER IN CHARGE TRANSPORTATION. MAY 30-21, 1945 3RD EVACUATION HOSPITAL. JUNE 1, 1945 FROM 3RD EVACUATION HOSPITAL TO U.S. FLEET HOSPITAL 103, GUAM. JUNE 2-24, 1945 U.S. FLEET HOSPITAL 103 TO DUTY. JUNE 26-30, 1945 OFFICER IN CHARGE TRANSPORTATION. JULY 1945 OFFICER IN CHARGE TRANSPORTATION. AUGUST 1-3, 1945 OFFICER IN CHARGE TRANSPORTATION. AUGUST 4, 1945 DETACHED TO MARINE FLEET AIR, WEST COAST (HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, MARINE CORPS AIR DEPOT MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA). AUGUST 5, 1945 EMBARKED AND SAILED FROM OKINAWA, RYUKYU ISLANDS VIA USS LANIER. AUGUST 14, 1945 ARRIVED AND DISEMBARKED GUAM; SAILED FROM GUAM VIA USS PRESIDENT POLK. ARRIVED AND DISEMBARKED SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.