"Gene" served in the US Marines 1943-1945, Pacific Fleet. He lived in Corcoran, Hanford, Porterville, and Aptos, California. He was married to Jean Lucille Lewis "Beck" of Fresno County, CA; and they had 2 children. "Gene" was named Elliott Eugene Bishop -- "Elliott" after his father, "James Elliott Bishop", and Eugene after his father's older brother, "Henry Lugene Bishop".
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
CALIFORNIA
PFC US MARINE CORPS
BSM - PH
Elliott Eugene entered the service (Marines) in March 1944 and trained at the Marine Base in San Diego. He then shipped out on the U.S.S. Nevada [BB36]. He was with the Marines at Iwo Jima, and then Okinawa where he was wounded while in a turret when a Kamikaze suicide plane attacked (March 27, 1945). Gene was later awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Before that, he was a student (and Football Player) at Hanford Union High School in California.
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
CALIFORNIA
PFC US MARINE CORPS
BSM - PH
Elliott Eugene entered the service (Marines) in March 1944 and trained at the Marine Base in San Diego. He then shipped out on the U.S.S. Nevada [BB36]. He was with the Marines at Iwo Jima, and then Okinawa where he was wounded while in a turret when a Kamikaze suicide plane attacked (March 27, 1945). Gene was later awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Before that, he was a student (and Football Player) at Hanford Union High School in California.
"Gene" served in the US Marines 1943-1945, Pacific Fleet. He lived in Corcoran, Hanford, Porterville, and Aptos, California. He was married to Jean Lucille Lewis "Beck" of Fresno County, CA; and they had 2 children. "Gene" was named Elliott Eugene Bishop -- "Elliott" after his father, "James Elliott Bishop", and Eugene after his father's older brother, "Henry Lugene Bishop".
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
CALIFORNIA
PFC US MARINE CORPS
BSM - PH
Elliott Eugene entered the service (Marines) in March 1944 and trained at the Marine Base in San Diego. He then shipped out on the U.S.S. Nevada [BB36]. He was with the Marines at Iwo Jima, and then Okinawa where he was wounded while in a turret when a Kamikaze suicide plane attacked (March 27, 1945). Gene was later awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Before that, he was a student (and Football Player) at Hanford Union High School in California.
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II
CALIFORNIA
PFC US MARINE CORPS
BSM - PH
Elliott Eugene entered the service (Marines) in March 1944 and trained at the Marine Base in San Diego. He then shipped out on the U.S.S. Nevada [BB36]. He was with the Marines at Iwo Jima, and then Okinawa where he was wounded while in a turret when a Kamikaze suicide plane attacked (March 27, 1945). Gene was later awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Before that, he was a student (and Football Player) at Hanford Union High School in California.
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