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1st Marine Division
Beginnings
Quantico Marine Corps League
Newspaper clippings sent to my
hometown paper by the Marine Corps. (Left) I was the high
shooter in 2ndBn,7thMarines for the 1957 . Shot 239 with the M-1 rifle
(Received Leatherneck Award). (Right)
Sgt Ed is off to Kodiak Island, Alaska for some cold weather training.
(Center) Wpns Co/3rdBn/5thMarines 3.5" Rocket Launcher team preparing
to shoot while on maneuvers at the "Stumps", Twenty-Nine Palms, CA. I'm the
A-Gunner tapping gunner on the helmet to let him know we're ready to fire.
(Left)
Standing by my jeep with 106mm recoilless rifle mounted. (Center) On the beach in Pendleton before embarking for Cold
Weather training in Alaska. (Right)
Watashi-wa, (me) on the beach, Kodiak Island. Tanks and troops in background.
(Left) Aboard my jeep. I was 106mm RR Section Leader,
H&S 2/7. (Right) On the way back to the ship aboard an LCU with all our
gear and a Christmas tree up on the bridge.
Edward L. Fedder, Sgt. USMC 1956-62
Copyright © 2002 [USMC Collectibles]. All rights reserved.
Revised: November 15, 2003
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