OT- FM 1/C Vernon L. Castle USMC - fun question

[Jim Tarleton]

FM 1/C Vernon L. Castle was a Marine Raider who was killed and his body left on the Makin Atoll and later recovered with his weapon (03?). What was this Marine's rank?

Hints: If you are a China Marine history buff, you might already know this rank. He was not in the Navy.

If you were one of the group who researched this rank, please refrain from posting, please. It took me some time to uncover this relatively uncommon Marine Corps rank, and I thought I knew them all. I was wrong!

There is a famous Navy boat that was in the news a few years ago that is named after a Marine of the same rank. Name the boat.

Semper Fi,
Jim

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[Long Island]

Field Music First Class ?

[John Cook]

Field Musician First Class, I cheated a little, I googled everything I could think of and finally found this site. World War II Marine Raiders Home At Last

Real interesting story, never heard of this action..

john

[Jim Tarleton]

Field Musician 1st Class Vernon L. Castle was a bugler.

The USS Cole is named for a MOH winner bugler, FM 1/C Cole, who prefered a machine gun to a bugle.

Nice work guys. You were faster than I, except for the USS Cole, which was pretty much impossible to figure out.

Try finding that rank (FM 1/C) in any list of Marine Corps ranks.

Jim

[sdkrag]

There was a movie about this action made in 1943 called Gung Ho. There is a gentleman living in our community that was a membeer of carson's raiders. He is not shy about telling you a story. Verey colerful launuage for a runnaway Hutterite.

[Mike Haas]

There was a movie about this action made in 1943 called Gung Ho. There is a gentleman living in our community that was a membeer of carson's raiders. He is not shy about telling you a story. Verey colerful launuage for a runnaway Hutterite.

SDKRAG - "Hutterite" - Is'nt that a very small community/s of folks in South Dakota(?). Somewhat similier to the Amish and not very well known of by prefrence.

[Long Island]

Jim,

Try ww2gyrene.org/equiptment .htm

Nice site and his book is a good read.

Bob

[Jim Tarleton]

Thanks, Bob. Someone will always have the right answer. You just have to know where to look.

Great web site! Saw another rank I was unaware of (Steward).

Jim

[Long Island]

Hey Jim,

Who was the first Marine Corps Officer to receive the Medal of Honor in WWII, what was his unit and where was he stationed?
And for extra points who was the enlisted man that received the Navy Cross for his actions at the same time .
Bob

[Jim Tarleton]

That would be Marines 1st Lt. George Ham Cannon,(awarded posthumously), Battery H, 6th Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Sand Island, Midway Islands, 7 December 1941.

I know of no enlisted man in the Marines who received a Navy Cross that day.

Jim