Marine Corporal Marion Scott, veteran of four Pacific campaigns and wearer of the Purple Heart is spending Christmas at with his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Scott. The 21-year-old marine's first Christmas overseas in 1942 was spent on Guadalcanal, where he was fighting with the 2nd Marine Division. In 1943 he was stationed in Hawaii, and in 1944 he was on Saipan. It will be the first shared Christmas with his Mom in four years. He returned to the states eight months ago and is working in the fleet post office in San Francisco, California. He is dressed in his military uniform. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, December 24, 1945.
Item: Corporal Marion Scott
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-376
Identifier: 20026050
Title: Corporal Marion Scott
Description: Marine Corporal Marion Scott, veteran of four Pacific campaigns and wearer of the Purple Heart is spending Christmas at with his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Scott. The 21-year-old marine's first Christmas overseas in 1942 was spent on Guadalcanal, where he was fighting with the 2nd Marine Division. In 1943 he was stationed in Hawaii, and in 1944 he was on Saipan. It will be the first shared Christmas with his Mom in four years. He returned to the states eight months ago and is working in the fleet post office in San Francisco, California. He is dressed in his military uniform. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, December 24, 1945.
Date Created: 1945-12-20
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military
Subject Term: Scott, Marion (Cpl.), Scott, Bonnie (Mrs.), United States Marine Corps, Holidays, United States Marine Corps. Marine Division, 2nd, Military uniforms, Veterans
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Corporal Marion Scott
Description: Marine Corporal Marion Scott, veteran of four Pacific campaigns and wearer of the Purple Heart is spending Christmas at with his mother, Mrs. Bonnie Scott. The 21-year-old marine's first Christmas overseas in 1942 was spent on Guadalcanal, where he was fighting with the 2nd Marine Division. In 1943 he was stationed in Hawaii, and in 1944 he was on Saipan. It will be the first shared Christmas with his Mom in four years. He returned to the states eight months ago and is working in the fleet post office in San Francisco, California. He is dressed in his military uniform. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, December 24, 1945.
Date Created: 1945-12-20
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military
Subject Term: Scott, Marion (Cpl.), Scott, Bonnie (Mrs.), United States Marine Corps, Holidays, United States Marine Corps. Marine Division, 2nd, Military uniforms, Veterans
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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