Marvin Tuley enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 2, 1940. After completing boot camp at MCRD San Diego, Pvt Tuley hopped across the water to the Casual Company at Mare Island and then boarded the USS Henderson on March 22 for transport to his first duty station.
Pvt Tuley next set foot on dry land on May 1, 1940 in Shanghai, China. He joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and was promoted to Private First Class that July. Tuley had a solid if unremarkable career with the famous China Marines for the rest of 1940. PFC Tuley was promoted to Corporal in 1941; he was also transferred to Company A in the regiment's 1st Battalion. He shipped over to the Philippines with the regiment later that year as the threat of war loomed, and helped to prepare the islands to repel a possible Japanese attack. Cpl Tuley was killed on December 19, 1941.
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The 31 December 1941 Marine muster roll indicates that Corporal Tuley was killed in a Japanese bombing attack on the Canacao High Power Radio Station at 1247 hrs. His remains were interred in the Canacao Cemetery.
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Interestingly, Cpl Tuley was not awarded his posthumous Purple Heart until 1966. The reasons for this delay are unknown.
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Pvt Tuley next set foot on dry land on May 1, 1940 in Shanghai, China. He joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and was promoted to Private First Class that July. Tuley had a solid if unremarkable career with the famous China Marines for the rest of 1940. PFC Tuley was promoted to Corporal in 1941; he was also transferred to Company A in the regiment's 1st Battalion. He shipped over to the Philippines with the regiment later that year as the threat of war loomed, and helped to prepare the islands to repel a possible Japanese attack. Cpl Tuley was killed on December 19, 1941.
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The 31 December 1941 Marine muster roll indicates that Corporal Tuley was killed in a Japanese bombing attack on the Canacao High Power Radio Station at 1247 hrs. His remains were interred in the Canacao Cemetery.
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Interestingly, Cpl Tuley was not awarded his posthumous Purple Heart until 1966. The reasons for this delay are unknown.
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Marvin Tuley enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 2, 1940. After completing boot camp at MCRD San Diego, Pvt Tuley hopped across the water to the Casual Company at Mare Island and then boarded the USS Henderson on March 22 for transport to his first duty station.
Pvt Tuley next set foot on dry land on May 1, 1940 in Shanghai, China. He joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and was promoted to Private First Class that July. Tuley had a solid if unremarkable career with the famous China Marines for the rest of 1940. PFC Tuley was promoted to Corporal in 1941; he was also transferred to Company A in the regiment's 1st Battalion. He shipped over to the Philippines with the regiment later that year as the threat of war loomed, and helped to prepare the islands to repel a possible Japanese attack. Cpl Tuley was killed on December 19, 1941.
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The 31 December 1941 Marine muster roll indicates that Corporal Tuley was killed in a Japanese bombing attack on the Canacao High Power Radio Station at 1247 hrs. His remains were interred in the Canacao Cemetery.
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Interestingly, Cpl Tuley was not awarded his posthumous Purple Heart until 1966. The reasons for this delay are unknown.
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Pvt Tuley next set foot on dry land on May 1, 1940 in Shanghai, China. He joined Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and was promoted to Private First Class that July. Tuley had a solid if unremarkable career with the famous China Marines for the rest of 1940. PFC Tuley was promoted to Corporal in 1941; he was also transferred to Company A in the regiment's 1st Battalion. He shipped over to the Philippines with the regiment later that year as the threat of war loomed, and helped to prepare the islands to repel a possible Japanese attack. Cpl Tuley was killed on December 19, 1941.
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The 31 December 1941 Marine muster roll indicates that Corporal Tuley was killed in a Japanese bombing attack on the Canacao High Power Radio Station at 1247 hrs. His remains were interred in the Canacao Cemetery.
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Interestingly, Cpl Tuley was not awarded his posthumous Purple Heart until 1966. The reasons for this delay are unknown.
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