"Pfc. John F. Samler, U. S. Marine Corps, has been killed in action on Iwo Jima, according to a notification received on Monday by his parents, Mr and Mrs. L. Morris Samler of Newark, N. J., formerly of Rye. He was twenty-three years old and the action on the South Pacific island was his first major campaign. "Jack" as he was known to his friends in Rye, went overseas around the first of this year. He received his initial training at Parris Island; later signed up for paratrooping at Camp Lejeune, N. C, and completed his training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. When the paratroopers were disbanded, he was assigned to the infantry as a flame thrower in the Assault Squad. He trained for two years before going overseas. Previous to entering the service, he was employed by the Pan American Airways. He was sent to Africa to help in the construction of airfields and runways stretching across the continent from coast to coast. He witnessed some of the fighting while stationed at Cairo and following the attack on Pearl Harbor, returned home to join the Marines. He was a graduate of Resurrection School and Rye High School. During his high school days he gained popular acclaim as a football star and was captain of the team. He was engaged to Miss Barbara Lynch of Manursing Lodge, who is now In Florida where she spent the winter. In his last letter home, he said he had seen "Sky" Larkin, another Rye Marine whose death was reported last week. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Cadet Nurse Mariellen Samler, who is too ill, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, N. J., where she is stationed, to be told of her brother's death; also a brother, Robert Samler, who lives with his wife on Dearborn Avenue, Rye." - The Rye Chronicle, Rye N.Y., Friday, April 06, 1945, Front Page.
"Pfc. John F. Samler, U. S. Marine Corps, has been killed in action on Iwo Jima, according to a notification received on Monday by his parents, Mr and Mrs. L. Morris Samler of Newark, N. J., formerly of Rye. He was twenty-three years old and the action on the South Pacific island was his first major campaign. "Jack" as he was known to his friends in Rye, went overseas around the first of this year. He received his initial training at Parris Island; later signed up for paratrooping at Camp Lejeune, N. C, and completed his training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. When the paratroopers were disbanded, he was assigned to the infantry as a flame thrower in the Assault Squad. He trained for two years before going overseas. Previous to entering the service, he was employed by the Pan American Airways. He was sent to Africa to help in the construction of airfields and runways stretching across the continent from coast to coast. He witnessed some of the fighting while stationed at Cairo and following the attack on Pearl Harbor, returned home to join the Marines. He was a graduate of Resurrection School and Rye High School. During his high school days he gained popular acclaim as a football star and was captain of the team. He was engaged to Miss Barbara Lynch of Manursing Lodge, who is now In Florida where she spent the winter. In his last letter home, he said he had seen "Sky" Larkin, another Rye Marine whose death was reported last week. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Cadet Nurse Mariellen Samler, who is too ill, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, N. J., where she is stationed, to be told of her brother's death; also a brother, Robert Samler, who lives with his wife on Dearborn Avenue, Rye." - The Rye Chronicle, Rye N.Y., Friday, April 06, 1945, Front Page.
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JOHN F. SAMLER
NEW JERSEY
PFC 26 MARINES 5 MARINE DIV
WORLD WAR II
APR 30 1921 MAR 8 1945
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Entered the service from New York.
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