Joseph Coty (SGT Joe Coty)
I was with the
VMF311 Fighter Sqd. on Roi beginning about
Feb 1st till about Dec 15th, 1944.
I was on Roi-Namur, Kwajalein and Eniwetak
in 1944 attached to the 4th Marine Division. I was
also at Pago Pago only in the harbor when our orders were change to
Wallis Island before we went North. I joined VMF 311 at Cherry
Point in March of 1943. I went to Plane Caption School and while
at school, VMF 311 moved to Page Field at Paris Island. After school, I
went back to Parris Island to my outfit, and then we went to Wallis
Island, then to Roi-Namur, Kwajalein, then back to Roi. I was at
Roi Feb12th when we got bombed. I survived with only a broken ear
drum. We got back to the states about the 15th of January 1945.
After a 30 day leave, I went to Cherry Point and then to Oak Grove Air
Base, NC
until November 25th, 1945 and then HOME.
SEMPER FI Joe Coty |
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Joe Cody, 3rd from right, front row |
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