Such a sweet wedding portrait of William Richard Harvel and his lovely bride, Audrey Winona Mitchell. They are the parents of my brother-in-law, Gary Harvel who graciously provided me with this photograph, lovingly recreated as a Thankful Generations WWII Beaded Tapestry.
My brother-in-law, Gary, reflects on his father’s service as a Seabee, or more formally referred to as the Construction Battalion (hence the “CB”):
I know his unit was attached to the First Marine Division for some of their battles in the Pacific. He was wounded by a Japanese hand grenade on the island of Peleliu, but he served on several other islands. I have not had much luck finding records, since it was not uncommon to attach part of a Seabee battalion to a marine unit ... and the people writing the history only talk about the main unit.”
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