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The pictures on this page are of Cpl William "Hank" Stuart and his buddies in the 81mm Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. Cpl Stuart, from Birmingham, Alabama, enlisted on 2 Jan 1942. He fought on Guadalcanal with the 1st Marine Division He was wounded there on 12 Sep 1942. In addition to the 'canal, Cpl Stuart participated in the campaigns for Cape Gloucester and Peleliu. He also contracted malaria while in the Pacific.

Cpl Stuart rotated home in November 1944 and then served as a drill instructor at Marine Barracks, Parris Island until his discharge on 20 Sep 1945. After the war, he worked in a foundry and as a police officer. He suffered his first heart attack at age 39 and died at age 62. All the pictures are courtesy of Cpl Stuart's son, Tommy.

(above) 81mm Mortar, 1st Bn, 1st Marines on Pavuvu–Summer 1944 before the campgin for Peleliu. Cpl Stuart sits in the left foreground wiuth forearms on knees.

(above) Cpl Hank Stuart (kneeling center) with his mortar squad on Pavuvu, Summer 1944

(above) Survivors on the 81mm Mortar Platoon, 1/1 pose for the camera before shipping out from Peleliu, October 1944. Cpl Stuart is above the arrow. Platoon Leader, Lt James Currier stands third from right in the back row.

	(left) Lt James "Jungle Jim" Currier, of Glide, Oregon on Peleliu, October 1944. This photo appears to have been taken at the same time as the one above.

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