Name/Title
Marine Detachment Memories reunion bookletEntry/Object ID
2026.1014.1Description
The booklet is red bound and contains eleven pages with five additional ones not hole-punched. The booklet is put together by Howard K. Drummond and covers much of the USMC Detachment's duties and events of WWII. The book is a more modern work with events as late as 1995 depicted herein.Context
Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Detachment,” the invasion of Iwo Jima, on January 23, 1945. She departed the Ulithi Islands on February 10, and supported the landings from February 16 to March 7, and returned to the Ulithi Islands on March 10, 1945.
Battleship Texas began preparations for Operation “Iceberg,” the invasion of Okinawa, on March 10, 1945. She departed the Ulithi Islands on March 21, and supported the landings from March 27 to May 14, and returned to the Philippines on May 17, 1945.
Howard K. Drummond was a private in the Marine Detachment on Battleship Texas during the Pacific Theater. He served as an anti-aircraftman, likely manning the 3”/50cal guns from October 27, 1944, to November 8, 1945, when the Marine Detachment on Battleship Texas was disbanded.Collection
Collection (Howard K. Drummond), Historical CollectionsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
MemoirNomenclature Sub-Class
Literary WorksNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsBook Details
Date Published
1995 - 2000
