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John M. Welsh______________________________

 

Boot camp:  Parris Island                        

 

Dates of Service:  1957-1964

 

M.O.S. :     0811 - Field Artillery Cannoneer -  M2 4.2 inch mortar | 105 mm howitzer | 155 self propelled |

                   8" self=propelled

 

Duty Stations:     Parris Island, Camp Geiger, Camp Lejeune, Okinawa - 3rd Mar. Div., Philippines, Japan, Cuba

                             Med Cruise, Borneo, Japan

 

                             16 ships:  USS Breckenridge - APA | USS Westchester County LST 1167 |USS Washington County LST 1156 |

                             USS Vernon County LST 1161 | USS Tom Green County LST 1159 | USS Terrell County LST 1157 |

                             USS Bexar APA 237 | USS Princeton LPH-5 | USS Mark KL-12 | USS Noble APA 218 | USS Lenawee APA 195 |

                             USS Paul Revere APA 248 | USS Talbot County LST 1153 | USS Sandoval APA 194 |

                             USS Lorain County LST-1177 | USS Wood County LST 1178

          

Memorable events:  Sent to boat school in Virginia. Ran L.C.V.P. in the Philippines - great duty (lived with the boat on a beach)

                             until I crossed the bow of an incoming ship with a Marine Major aboard.