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World War II Gyrene Photo Album, page 38
Pfc Pete Ruvolo,
1st Battalion, Seventh Marines
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 Following VJ-Day, the First Marine Division deployed to Hopeh Province in Northern China for occupation duty as part of the III Amphibious Corps. 2nd Battalion, Seventh Marines, came ashore at Chinwangtao on 30 September 1945. Other elements landed at TangkuThe mission in China was twofold; to secure, disarm, demobilize and repatriate all Japanese military personnel, and to maintain law and order in the Tientsin, Tangshan, and Chinwangtao areas.
Among the tasks assigned to the Seventh Marines was security for rail lines and bridges on the main tracks from Tangku to Chinwangtao in the winter of 1945-46. The Old Breed remained on occupation duty in China until the summer of 1947.
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Pfc Peter Ruvolo, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and served from 1944–1946. He served in China with the Old Breed in E 2/7. Later, he was reassigned to Hq Co 2/7. Peter is retired and lives in Florida. He is still serving in the Marine Corps League and also stays busy helping the Young Marines. He helped form the Palm Beach Young Marines program and served 9 years as the executive officer under the Commanding Officer, Tom P. Cullen, who started the program. |
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Peter went to boot camp in August 1944 at Parris Island in Platoon 530. The above left-hand photo shows Peter (left) with his boot camp buddy, Joe Sessa, who also hailed from Brooklyn. After boot camp, both went overseas in the 97th Replacement Draft and served together in Easy Co 2/7. The above right-hand photo shows Peter (right) and Joe (left) at Peitaiho Beach, China. |
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Peter (left) with Joe Sessa at a reunion in 2000 at Long Island, NY. This was their first meeting in 50 years. Joe died three years after this photo was taken.
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Pete in front of the regimental recreation center, dubbed 'The Seventh Heaven' Peitaiho, China, 1946.
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Pete gets a lift from a rickshaw driver, Peitaiho, China, 1946.
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Pete with a friend, China, 1946.
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Pete (left) and driver Buss on the liberty truck at Peitaiho Beach with a Chinese friend, 1946.
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Pete (right) and two buddies in front of Seventh Marines headquarters in China, 1946.
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| This caboose was used as the 2nd Battalion, Seventh Marines rolling headquarters on the Peking-Mukden railroad. |
Note: The above photos are courtesy of Peter Ruvolo.
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