Our WWII Marines: Fred C. Eberhardt

Muster Roll Personal History Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment

  1. July 1942: Joined C Company 22nd, 22-31, Reserve Platoon Leader, 2nd Lieutenant.
  2. August 1942
    • 01-12: Platoon Leader
    • 13-16: C.O.
    • 17-31: Reserve Platoon Leader, 2nd Lieutenant
  3. September 1942: 1st Detached to Co. "B"-1-23, 5-30 C.O.
  4. October 1942: 1-3, Fur. 5, Detached to "C" Co. 17, Receivedd and accepted commission as regular 17-31, Commanding Officer.
  5. November 1942: 1-3 and 5-30 Commanding Officer.
  6. December 1942: Company Commander
  7. January 1943: 1-31, C.O. 20th Received and accepted commission as 1st Lieutenant. To rank from 31- Dec-42, auth AlNav No 4 1943 ( Co. C 9-27 aboard USS Calvert fr Norfolk to Chesapeake Bay for landing maneuvers)
  8. February 1943
  9. March 1943 1-9, C.O. 11-17 fur 18-31 Executive Officer
  10. April 1943 1-16, Exec Officer 17-30 temp detached duty at Individual combat school, MB, Courthouse Bay, Post.
  11. May 1943 1-2, C.O., 3-31 Executive Officer
  12. July 1943 Executive Officer. Entire company embarked aboard train at Camp LeJeune, New River, N.C., 6-Jul-43; 6-11, enroute; 12, arrived and disembarked at Camp Joseph H. Pendelton, Oceanside, California
  13. July 1943, Duty Station was New River, N.C. (Camp LeJuene)
  14. August 1943 1-8, Executive Officer 9-31, C.O.
  15. September 1943 Commanding Officer
  16. October 1943
  17. November 1943
  18. December 1943 (C.O.) 14th emb aboard LST #270; 15, sailed fr San Diego, California; 15-16, participated in divisional maneuvers; 17, arr and disemb in the vicinity of Oceanside, California. 30, emb aboard APA-102 (Lasalle), 31 sailed from San Diego California.
  19. January 1944 (C.O.), 1, enroute; 2, participated in landing exercises aboard USS Lasalle at San Clemente Island, Calif; 11th, embarked aboard USS Lasalle at San Diego, Calif; 13, sailed there from; 13-31 enroute.
  20. February 1944 (C.O.) 1, arrived and disembarked from USS Lasalle. Participated in the battle of Roi Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. 5, re-embarked. 8, there from. 8-16, enroute. 17 arr. And disemb at Maui, T. H.

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