Clayton P. McFerrin - U. S. Marines - World War II U.S. Military

0423-W2M-08/2008
Clayton P. McFerrin

January 1942. Leaving for boot Camp from Shreveport, LA train station. First stop: Dallas, Texas to be sworn into the military. Left to right: unknown, Clayton P. McFerrin,

[423-2] - January 1942. Leaving for boot Camp from Shreveport, LA train station. First stop: Dallas, Texas to be sworn into the military. Left to right: unknown, Clayton P. McFerrin, "Mac" Burns.

Boot Camp 1942. The 227th Platoon U.S.M.C. at San Diego. Clayton McFerrin 3rd row from the bottom, 4th from left. - 423-3.bmp

[423-3] - Boot Camp 1942. The 227th Platoon U.S.M.C. at San Diego. Clayton McFerrin 3rd row from the bottom, 4th from left.

Log written and carried by clayton McFerrin throughout WWII. (Departed from San Francisco.) - 423-4.bmp

[423-4] - Log written and carried by clayton McFerrin throughout WWII. (Departed from San Francisco.)

[423-5] - Marines on Wallis Island: McFerrin wrote: "arrived August 12, 1942, departed October 20, 1943"

Tent mates on Wallis Island. Front row, left to right: Clayton McFerrin, Meyers, L. W. Kuntze
Back row, left to right: K. R. Polwort, H. L. Driskell, R. K. Broderson. - 423-6.bmp

[423-6] - Tent mates on Wallis Island. Front row, left to right: Clayton McFerrin, Meyers, L. W. Kuntze Back row, left to right: K. R. Polwort, H. L. Driskell, R. K. Broderson.

Clayton McFerrin washing up at a tin sink built by US Marines on Wallis Island. - 423-7.bmp

[423-7] - Clayton McFerrin washing up at a tin sink built by US Marines on Wallis Island.

Cemetery where six U. S. Marines were buried. Deaths were due to disease. Nuns placed pole fences around the Marines' graves to keep the wild hogs from diggin them up. - 423-8.bmp

[423-8] - Cemetery where six U. S. Marines were buried. Deaths were due to disease. Nuns placed pole fences around the Marines' graves to keep the wild hogs from diggin them up.

Wallis Island Girls school sometime between August 1942 and October 1943. - 423-9.bmp

[423-9] - Wallis Island Girls school sometime between August 1942 and October 1943.

Wallis Island women dressed for picture. Nuns asked the Marines to write home to parents to send bedsheets. Nuns made dresses from them. Here's a sample. - 423-10.bmp

[423-10] - Wallis Island women dressed for picture. Nuns asked the Marines to write home to parents to send bedsheets. Nuns made dresses from them. Here's a sample.

Biolo (sp?) the village chief and Clayton McFerrin on Wallis Island. Biolo made a canoe model as a gift for Clayton. - 423-11.bmp

[423-11] - Biolo (sp?) the village chief and Clayton McFerrin on Wallis Island. Biolo made a canoe model as a gift for Clayton.

[423-12] - Clayton McFerrin (left) and H. L. Driskell playfully "capture" Biolo, the village chief on Wallis Island.

Clayton McFerrin on the island of Maui December 18, 1942 through January 6, 1944. - 423-13.bmp

[423-13] - Clayton McFerrin on the island of Maui December 18, 1942 through January 6, 1944.

One of the tent rows housing theMarine's 6th Division on Guam. - 423-14.bmp

[423-14] - One of the tent rows housing theMarine's 6th Division on Guam.

Home from the war! November 21, 1944, San Francisco. Clayton McFerrin 3rd from left. - 423-15.bmp

[423-15] - Home from the war! November 21, 1944, San Francisco. Clayton McFerrin 3rd from left.

Doris and Clayton McFerrin. Married on June 19, 1945 - 423-16.bmp

[423-16] - Doris and Clayton McFerrin. Married on June 19, 1945

Marine Corps Motor Vehicle Operator's Permit. Upon his return to the States, Clayton McFerrin was assigned to the Naval Station at Houma, LA. Peace was declared shortly before he was scheduled to be shipped overseas again. - 423-17.bmp

[423-17] - Marine Corps Motor Vehicle Operator's Permit. Upon his return to the States, Clayton McFerrin was assigned to the Naval Station at Houma, LA. Peace was declared shortly before he was scheduled to be shipped overseas again.