A training mission on a beautiful California morning took a tragic turn
Category: U.S. Marine Corps
2nd Lieutenant Walter M. Boggs, Jr. (1921–1944)
He was on the verge of graduating from training as a naval aviator
1st Lieutenant Richard P. Richards (1918–1942)
A young Marine officer who went into combat for the first time on Guadalcanal
Private Jerome J. Cichocki (1926–1945)
A young Marine drafted straight out of high school who was a replacement on Iwo Jima
Private 1st Class Peter J. Jurski (1921–1945)
A young Marine who went into combat during an offensive to seize an airfield on Iwo Jima
Captain Reynolds H. Knotts (1916–1943)
A Marine transport pilot who flew over 130,000 miles between far-flung outposts in the South Pacific
Corporal John F. Scisley (1918–1943)
A Marine from Kirkwood killed on his first day of combat at the Tarawa Atoll
Private 1st Class Roland P. Jackson (1914–1945)
A high school physical education teacher who lost his life on his third day of combat during one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific
Sergeant Paul L. Caulk (1919–1944)
The second son that the Caulk family from Wilmington lost during the war, Sergeant Caulk died recapturing the U.S. territory of Guam
1st Lieutenant John M. Mendinhall, II (1921–1945)
A Marine pilot killed in action during the Battle of Okinawa
Delaware's World War II Fallen 