LeRoy Rice  JAZZYRICE@aol.com, 1051 N Van Wig Ave, La Puente, CA  91746-1326  I was with VMF-111 (Marine F4U Fighter-Bomber Squadron) was on Roi-Namur and clearly remember the night of Feb 1944 when the bombs fell.

 

LeRoy Rice, 1944

1944, LeRoy Rice, far left
Photo was taken in 1944 at Marine Auxiliary Air Station, Edenton, NC.  From L to R:  LeRoy Rice, Marijorie Centlivre (Chuck's sister), Chuck Centlivre from New Orleans and his Marijorie's friend far right.  The photo at right was taken in 2002 when LeRoy was confirmed as Treasurer of El Monte, CA Moose Lodge.


Japanese Bomber
Pictures taken by LeRoy Rice
 Bomb Crater, Roi-Namur, Feb 12, 1944
 Bomb crater, Roi-Namur, Feb 12, 1944


 Marine Emblem

LeRoy Rice - 2002
2002

San Diego, CA - Leroy Rice
 In San Diego after returning from
 the Pacific,1944

Commander of Disable American Veterans, 1979
 Commander of Disabled American
Veterans Chapter 44 in West Covina, CA
Photo taken at the "Copley" in Boston in 1979

Roi-Namur, Japanese Navel Command Post
Bombed Japanese Navy Headquarters - Roi-Namur

Roi-Namur war damage trucks
LeRoy, standing second from the left, second row.  American truck on left damaged from bombs of a Jap counter
attack on Feb 12 and the Japanese truck at right was hit and damaged during the American pre-invasion attack.

LeRoy Rice
LeRoy
Expanded from picture shown above		 Japanese Zero, Roi-Namur, Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Is.
A Japanese Zero that never got into the air
Group 31's Camp on Namur
Group 31's Camp on Namur
 The double rows of tents in the foreground were those of VMF-111.
 In the background is the narrow causeway that leads to Roi island.

Material Supply Department of the VMF-111
This picture was taken of the Material Supply Department of VMF-111 on the island of Nuku Fetau in 1943.
LeRoy Rice is the one on the far left.

Veterans of Kwajalein
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Shermie at the Piano