Main Gate Guard, Company “A,” Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, March 1941

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Institution:

COGG Honor Archive

Collection:

The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection

Date:

March 1941

Item Type:

Photograph

Branch of Service:

US Marine Corps

WWII Theater:

Pacific Theater

Unit / Squadron / Ship / Industry:

Rights / Restrictions:

Public Access

Description:

Formal group portrait of the Main Gate Guard, Company “A,” Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, March 1941, with printed studio caption reading “U.S. Marines, Main Gate, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 1941.” Front row, left to right: PFC Cecil A. Hutto, PFC G.E. Wiggins (not found on the July 1941 Company A muster roll), PFC Eugene R. Burnham, PFC Lawrence L. Root, Platoon Sergeant Charles R. Christenot, PFC Howard W. Lundquist, PFC James D. Rowe, PFC Eugene P. Mapes, and PFC Grable W. Duvall III. Back row, left to right: PFC Albert G. Cultum, CPL Eldrige LeRoy Waldron, CPL Melvin C. Jensen, PFC John A. Pawcio, PFC James R. Van Hekken, CPL Lyman R. Malone, PFC Thomas L. Prator, PFC Jack W. Parker, and CPL William S. Brown. Names cross-referenced against the July 1941 Company “A” muster roll.

Additional Notes

This photograph is from the personal collection of photographs taken by CPL William Stinson Brown while stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before the infamous attack of 7 December 1941. CPL Brown was there during the attack. These unique photographs were donated to the COGG Honor Archive for public use of students, writers and researchers of history. The generous donation was from CPL William S Brown’s, son, William Stinson “Bill” Brown Jr. and his loving granddaughter Caitlin Brown Clancy. Names cross-referenced against the July 1941 Company “A” muster roll; PFC G.E. Wiggins could not be located on that roll.

Keywords:

Main Gate Guard, Company A, Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Territory of Hawaii, March 1941, group portrait, muster roll, Cecil A. Hutto, G.E. Wiggins, Eugene R. Burnham, Lawrence L. Root, Charles R. Christenot, Howard W. Lundquist, James D. Rowe, Eugene P. Mapes, Grable W. Duvall III, Albert G. Cultum, Eldrige LeRoy Waldron, Melvin C. Jensen, John A. Pawcio, James R. Van Hekken, Lyman R. Malone, Thomas L. Prator, Jack W. Parker, William S. Brown, MP armband, service uniform, pre-Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marine Corps

Cite As:

“Main Gate Guard, Company “A,” Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, March 1941.” CPL William Stinson Brown. March 1941. The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection. Honor Archive, Conservators of the Greatest Generation (COGG), San Antonio, Texas.