LeRoy Rice  jazzyrice@aol.com  1051 N Van Wig Ave, La Puente, CA  91746-1326  I was with VMF-111 (Marine F4U Fighter-Bomber Squadron) was on Roi-Namur and clearly remember the night of Feb 1944 when the bombs fell.

 

1944, LeRoy Rice, far left
Photo was taken in 1944 at Marine Auxiliary Air Station, Edenton, NC.  From left to right, LeRoy Rice, Marijorie Centlivre (Chuck's sister), Chuck Centlivre from New Orleans and his Marijorie's friend far right.  The photo at right was taken in 2002 when LeRoy was confirmed as Treasurer of
El Monte, CA Moose Lodge.


Japanese Bomber
Pictures taken by LeRoy Rice

Bomb crater, Roi-Namur, Feb 12, 1944


2002


 In San Diego after returning from the Pacific,1944


 Commander of Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 44 in West Covina, California
Photo taken at the "Copley" in Boston in 1979


LeRoy, standing second from the left, second row.  American truck on left damaged from bombs of a Jap counter
attack on Feb 12 and the Japanese truck at right was hit and damaged during the American pre-invasion attack.


LeRoy
Expanded from picture shown above
A Japanese Zero that never got into the air

Group 31's Camp on Namur
 The double rows of tents in the foreground were those of VMF-111.
 In the background is the narrow causeway that leads to Roi island.


This picture was taken of the Material Supply Department of VMF-111 on the island of Nuku Fetau in 1943.
LeRoy Rice is the one on the far left.

Veterans of Kwajalein
of
Shermie's Place