Main Gate Guard, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, May 1940
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Formal group portrait of the Main Gate Guard, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, May 1940. The Marines are posed in two rows, most in khaki service uniforms with neckties and garrison caps, several wearing “M.P.” brassards on the left arm identifying them as Military Police.
Front row, seated, left to right: PFC Hugh D. Reeves — CPL John L. Farris — SGT Charles R. Christenot — CORP Joseph A. Champagne Jr. — CORP George D. Hodges
Standing row, left to right: PFC Earl E. Feiman — PFC Harry “B” Gentry — PVT Lindsey L. Hill — PFC Lyman R. “Pop” Malone — PVT Henry J. Mohaupt — PVT James R. Van Hekken — PFC Calvin E. Reimann — PVT William S. Brown — PVT Peter J. Van Hekken
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 granddaughter, Caitlin Brown Clancy.
Original caption on accompanying card: “MAIN GATE GUARD, MAY 1940, PEARL HARBOR NAVY YARD, T.H. FRONT ROW L-R: PFC H.D. Reeves, CPL J.L. Farris, SGT C.R. Christenot, CORP J.A. Champagne, CORP G.D. Hodges. STANDING L-R: PFC E.E. Feiman, PFC H.B. Gentry, PVT L.L. Hill, PFC L.R. Malone, PVT H.J. Mohaupt, PVT J.R. Van Hekken.” A separate caption strip adds: “PFC C.E. Reimann; PVT W.S. Brown; PVT P.S. Van Hekken.”
COGG Note: Names cross-referenced against the Company “A” muster roll for the period 1–30 June 1940, the nearest surviving roster to this photograph’s May 1940 date. William S. Brown — this collection’s namesake — appears here as a Private, prior to his later promotion to Corporal.