World War II
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A memorial to marine David Leslee Dougherty, from his friends.

This squad had trained together, fought on Roi-Namur and retrained on Maui before their assault here. They were members of 1-C-25, 4th Marine Division.

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June 15, 1944 Dougherty's squad loaded off their LST and onto an amphibious tractor and headed into SW Saipan on the first wave approaching "Yellow 2" beach. The amtrac hung up on the bordering coral reef when a mortar landed directly by, and in an instant changed this squad's 2 year fellowship forever. This picture shows the war's outcome for each of the squad members.