Front Row (L-R) Sergeant Major George H. Abrams, First Lieutenant Arthur H. Navarre, and Technical Sergeant Francis M. Jordan. Back Row (L-R) Technical Sergeant George S. Tompkins, Sergeant Conas S. Roberts, Staff Sergeant...
First Lieutenant George L.F. Allen, First Lieutenant Albert W. Simmons, First Lieutenant Clayton R. Erickson, Sergeant Lester Robinson, Sergeant James H. Cullom, Staff Sergeant Richard S. Riggle, and Sergeant Charles R. Kingen.
First Lieutenant Eugene L Amber, First Lieutenant Richard G. Spicer, Technical Sergeant Clifford P. Alexander, Sergeant Edward R. Bott, Corporal Robert W. Penman, Sergeant Charles N. Cannato, and Sergeant William J. Schmidt.
Looking towards the ocean, the barracks in the center of the photograph housed the Engineering Department. To the front of these barracks, the showers (behind the water tanks) and the head (small building in the foreground)...
The two barracks on the center of the photograph served as billets for the Radio-Gunners, Navigators, and Mechanic-Gunners. On the center-left, crates of supplies can be seen in front of one of the squadron's storage buildings.
First Lieutenant Jack M. Barton, First Lieutenant Robert F. Litzau, Technical Sergeant George G. McDearmon Jr., Sergeant Alva A. Evans Jr., Staff Sergeant Edward A. Januszewski, Sergeant Earle E. Walker, and Sergeant William...
Coached by First Lieutenant William R. Hancock, "Nevils' Devils" placed second during the 1945 Island Baseball Championship. Front Row (L-R) Corporal Stanley V. Burek, Corporal Andrew Stepen, Technical Sergeant William R....
Squadron recreational activities included basketball which was played in the Recreation Area near the Fleet Marine Theatre. In a brisk game between Navarres' Stars and the Flyers, seen above, Technical Sergeant Francis M....
The squadron's "Beergarden" was a tented area located next to the Recreation Hall. It served as the location for enlisted men to drink beer in their off-duty time. Despite its fancy name, Marines commonly refer to it as the...
First Lieutenant Ross K. Bennett, First Lieutenant Donald F. Mileson, Technical Sergeant David A. Morrell, Sergeant William R. Clow, Sergeant Darrel W. Alderman, Sergeant Harold E. Barnes, Corporal John P. Przybylowski.
Boris Karloff visits with VMB-613 during one of a number of USO tours that performed for the men on Kwajalein in 1945. Karloff and his troupe performed "Arsenic and Old Lace."
First Lieutenant James Brotherton II, First Lieutenant Andrew J. Cooper, Technical Sergeant Fred Zapka, Sergeant Charles J. Rongstad, Sergeant Walter A. Brown Jr., Corporal James L. Milhousen, and Master Technical Sergeant...
First Lieutenant Louis Calder Jr., Second Lieutenant Carl O.H. Haroldson, Technical Sergeant David Rosenblatt, Staff Sergeant Robert E. Polakowski, Sergeant Edwin W. Beale, Corporal Howard H. Raugh Jr., and Sergeant Dory G. Lowry.
Marines at work in the squadron's carpenter shop. These men are (L-R Standing) Corporal James W. Edwards, Unidentified, Sergeant Rudolph L. Hubert, and (Foreground) Staff Sergeant Robert J. Augustine.
Three of VMB-613's aircraft mechanics perform maintenance on the engine of one of the squadron's aircraft. Through the efforts of the maintenance section, VMB-613 had the lowest operational loss rate of all Marine Bombing...
First Lieutenant Richard T. Glenn, Second Lieutenant Carl M. Klingeman, Technical Sergeant Edward B. Meadows Jr., Sergeant James M. Nelson, Corporal Raymond A. Timinskas, Staff Sergeant Allan B, Dover, and Staff Sergeant...
Front Row (L-R) Unidentified, Master Technical Sergeant John Burton, First Lieutenant Jack A. Gant, Staff Sergeant Charles "A" Byrnes, and Staff Sergeant Walter G. Shorey Jr. Middle Row (L-R) Sergeant John C. Lamberson,...
Front Row (L-R) Private First Class Jules F. Mier, Private First Class Gene E. Bessler, Corporal James Blanken, Private First Class Richard G. Ryan Jr., Corporal Howard J. Becker, Private First Class Raymond P. Zebrowski,...
Front Row (L-R) Private First Class Kermit E. Anderson, Sergeant Rudolph L. Hubert, Private First Class Richard G. Ryan Jr., Private First Class Jules F. Mier, and Corporal Joseph A. Musuneggi. Back Row (L-R) Private First...
Ten cooks and bakers including First Lieutenant Larini, Louis A.E. and Staff Sergeant Wagner from mess department posing for the photo with a full table of food in front of them.
Front Row (L-R) Corporal James C. Edwards, Unidentified, Corporal Leo M. Colbert, and Unidentified. Middle Row (L-R) Corporal Charles R. Duvall, Unidentified, First Lieutenant Louis A.E. Larini, Unidentified, Staff Sergeant...
First Lieutenant James T. Cotton, Second Lieutenant James A Holtvedt, Technical Sergeant William A. Kehr, Staff Sergeant Alva Mattox, Sergeant James H. Kendall, Sergeant William M. Wright, and Sergeant Francis J. Boleslawski.
Front Row (L-R) Sergeant Francis K. DeMint, Sergeant Kenneth E. Beahm, and Sergeant Warren D. Ritter. Back Row (L-R) Staff Sergeant James C. Lewis, First Lieutenant Robert J. Kline, First Lieutenant James A. Cunningham Jr.,...
Major David M. Danser, First Lieutenant James J. Crowley Jr., First Lieutenant Mark L. Brandsgard, Technical Sergeant Donald W. White, Sergeant Glennis, C. McKinney, Sergeant John J. Gavin, and Technical Sergeant John M. Thompson.
Assisted by Hospital Apprentice First Class Willis A. Roose, Lieutenant George J. Biedermann performs a dental examination on one of the squadron's Marines.
Front Row (L-R) Private First Class Louis E. Best, Corporal Ralph F. McClain, Corporal Marvin J. Vogel, Sergeant Ivan D. Stern, and Private First Class Henry O. Shaneyfelt. Middle Row (L-R) Staff Sergeant Frank P. Noland,...
Front Row (L-R) Staff Sergeant Bernard C. Simek, Staff Sergeant Edward J. Smith, Sergeant Alfred T. Apple, Unidentified, Staff Sergeant Lester J. Russell, and Sergeant Roger C. Sprague. Middle Row (L-R) Private First Class...
Front Row (L-R) Technical Sergeant Edward E. Ponder, Master Technical Sergeant Pete E. Mondics, and Technical Sergeant William H. Hudson. Back Row (L-R) Corporal Horace F. O'Brien, Master Technical Sergeant William F....
These barracks housed enlisted men and were located to the right of the barracks shown in the previous photograph. To the right of this photograph, the squadron's transportation area was located.
First Lieutenant Paul H. Feakins, First Lieutenant Allan S. Varner, Technical Sergeant Frank W. Monteith Jr., Sergeant Robert L. Marx, Sergeant Eric K. York, Staff Sergeant Edward J. Kreig, and Sergeant Muriel D. Napier.
Front Row (L-R) Staff Sergeant William T. Haggerty, Sergeant Lee J. Lowery, and Sergeant Leroy E. Mays. Back Row (L-R) Private First Class James H. Montgomery, First Lieutenant John Padach Jr., First Lieutenant Gordon I....
As dusk approached, the Marines of VMB-613 would be called to the Fleet Marine Theatre in the squadron's recreation area with strains of Doris Day singing Sentimental Journey. The Fleet Marine Theatre proved to be a very...
Taken next to the movie screen at the Fleet Marine Theatre, seating and the projection booth can be clearly seen. This facility, built by the squadron's Construction and Maintenance Department, proved to be a highly popular...
