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December 26, 1946

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Rand McNally World Atlas

Page 18    The World
Page 190    Oceana

June 29-30, 1942: Milwaukee to Quantico, Virginia

October 9, 1942: Joan arrives Quantico, Virginia

10 October 1942: Joan and Bob married White Chapel, Marine Base Quantico, Virginia

October 23-24, 1942: Quantico to Milwaukee, Joan & Bob B&O R.R.

October 26-29, 1942: Milwaukee to San Francisco via U.P. R.R.

November 7-10, 1942: Joan's return, same route

November 10-26, 1942: SFO to Noumea onboard SS Hawaiian Merchant

December 5-7, 1942: Noumea to Guadalcanal onboard USS President Adams

December 8, 1942 - January 4, 1943: Guadalcanal

Bob's Christmas Tree on Guadalcanal, December 1942


Merry Christmas from Guadalcanal
December 1942

January 5-14, 1943: Guadalcanal to Melbourne onboard USS President Adams

January 15-September 27, 1943:
Melbourne

"Co." C rubber boat training
July 1943

Melbourne to Oro Bay, New Guinea, onboard SS Whitiaker

October 9-December 23, 1943: Oro Bay, New Guinea

December 24-26, 1943:
Oro Bay, New Guinea, to Cape Gloucester

Christmas Tree 1943

December 26, 1943-April 30, 1944:
Cape Gloucester, New Britain

May 1-3, 1944: Cape Gloucester to Pavuvu, Russell Islands

May 3-November 20, 1944: Pavuvu

November 20-23, 1944:
Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Noumea, New Hebrides, Funafuti, Ellice Island, Danton, Phoenix Island, Palmyra Island, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco

November 23-27, 1944:
San Francisco, Ogden, Olathe, Omaha, Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago via air

Leave: Jacquie Reunion December 1944

December 28, 1944-January 5, 1945:
Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Houston, El Centro, San Francisco via air

January 6-18, 1945:
San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Johnson Island, Majuro, Tarawa, Pavuvu

January 18-February 25, 1945: Pavuvu
As 7th Regiment Adjutant receiving orders for invasion of Okinawa in 1945

February 25-April 1, 1945: Pavuvu to Okinawa

March 21-27, 1945: Ulithi anchorage with US Fleet (largest in history?)

April 1- July 25, 1945: Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Retto

On back of photo:
Okinawa Shima Nansei Shoto
Left to Right:
1st Lt. Russell Wilkinson - Intelligence O.
Captain Rob Scherr - Adjutant
Major Walter Holomon - Operations O.
Lt. Col. J.M. Masters - Executive O.
Co. E.W. Snedemer - Commanding O.
Major Joe R. Hobbs - Supply O.
Captain Henry P. Stetina - Communications O.
Dr. S.J. Hagen - Reg't Surgeon
1st Lt. M.J. Cavanaugh - Come't H&S Co.
7th Marines Staff
1st Marine Division
15 April 1945

July 25, 1945: Okinawa to Guam via air

July 25-August 3, 1945: Guam to Pearl Harbor

August 4-11, 1945: Pearl Harbor to San Diego

August 14-16, 1945: San Diego to Milwaukee via SFe. R.R.

September 21-22, 1945: Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. via R.R.

September 22, 1945-August 14, 1953 - Washington, D.C., attending George Washington University Law School; prepared cases for the Japanese war crimes trials.

August 16, 1946, Bob, Joan & Jac: July 7, 1947 Bob; and November 4, 1947, Joan & Jac - D. C. to Milwaukee via air

September 3, 1946 & July 20, 1947 & November 30, 1947: Milwaukee to D.C. via air

December 21, 1947-January 1, 1948:
Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama; Joan & Jac by air

December 22, 1947- January 1, 1948:
Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama; Bob via B-25 return via bus from Newport News

May 13-June 2, 1950: Washington, D.C. to Milwaukee; Bob, Joan, Jac & Mike

June 14-16, 1952: Washington, D.C., to Camp Lejeune and return; Joan and Bob

July 8-10, 1952: Washington, D.C. to Milwaukee; Joan, Bob, Jac & Mike

July 24-August 2, 1952: Milwaukee to San Diego; Bob drive

August 14, 1952: Milwaukee to San Diego - UAL - Joan, Jac, Mike

1st MARDIV Camp Pendleton, California

August 14-16, 1953: San Diego to Milwaukee: Joan, Jac, Mike - SFe. R.R.

August 14-29, 1953: San Diego to Yokuska, Japan, aboard USS Mt. McKinley

August 29, 1958- July 24, 1954: 3rd MARDIV Japan, and Korea

Above photos: Bob in front of 3rd Marine Division Headquarters 1953 or 1954; Bob with Japanese children outside train station Otsu - March 1954; Bob in Otsu 3 March 1954.

June 25-28, 1954: Yokuska, Midway, Pearl, SFO via MATS

July 9-19, 1954:
Milwaukee to San Francisco; Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve via SFe R.R.

July 22-23, 1954:
SFO to Pearl Harbor with Joan, Jac, Mike, Steve via MARS air craft

Judges chambers, Federal Court Bldg. Honolulu, T.H..
20 December 1955
Left to Right:
Major Ted H. Collins, USMC
Judge Frank McLaughlin, U.S. District Court for the Territory of Hawai'i
Cmdr Ashton Miller, U.S. Navy, attached to 14th Naval District legal office
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Scherr, USMC
Picture taken following admission to the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Territory of Hawai'i

March 1-3, 1955: Pearl Harbor to Hawai'i - Volcano Eruption

August 1955:
Pearl Harbor to Kauai'i onboard a USN LST with Joan, Jac, Mike (no Steve)

May 23-27, 1956: Pearl Harbor to Kwadjelain, Marshall Islands - Bob

July 14-23, 1956:
Pearl Harbor to San Francisco by ship - Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve

July 24, 1956: San Francisco to Milwaukee, Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve

August 16-18, 1956: Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. - Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve

[Duty Washington, D.C.??]

August 10, 1957: Fairfax, Virginia, to Charlottesville

September 1957 to May 1958: Attend University of Virginia, Army JAG School

December 1-8, 1957: Charlottesville to San Francisco, Bob

December 15, 1958: To Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Last entry December 1958 when given to Mike

1964-1965: First Marine Air Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Iwakuni, Japan; Da Nang, Vietnam

CPX (Command Post Exercise) 7 April 1965 - Bob: 1st photo with gas mask, pistol belt, pistol, canteen under coat - and - big glasses - before cap was stolen - It was cold out there.
2nd photo: same date - someone had stolen my cap - I stole back and got the short end of the deal.

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June 29-30, 1942: Milwaukee to Quantico, Virginia

October 9, 1942: Joan arrives Quantico, Virginia

10 October 1942: Joan and Bob married White Chapel, Marine Base Quantico, Virginia

October 23-24, 1942: Quantico to Milwaukee, Joan & Bob B&O R.R.

October 26-29, 1942: Milwaukee to San Francisco via U.P. R.R.

November 7-10, 1942: Joan's return, same route

November 10-26, 1942: SFO to Noumea onboard SS Hawaiian Merchant

December 5-7, 1942: Noumea to Guadalcanal onboard USS President Adams

December 8, 1942 - January 4, 1943: Guadalcanal

Bob's Christmas Tree on Guadalcanal, December 1942
Merry Christmas from Guadalcanal December 1942


January 5-14, 1943: Guadalcanal to Melbourne onboard USS President Adams

January 15-September 27, 1943: Melbourne
"Co." C rubber boat training July 1943

Melbourne to Oro Bay, New Guinea, onboard SS Whitiaker

October 9-December 23, 1943: Oro Bay, New Guinea

December 24-26, 1943: Oro Bay, New Guinea, to Cape Gloucester				Christmas Tree 1943


December 26, 1943-April 30, 1944: Cape Gloucester, New Britain


May 1-3, 1944: Cape Gloucester to Pavuvu, Russell Islands

May 3-November 20, 1944: Pavuvu


November 20-23, 1944: Pavuvu, Russell Islands, Noumea, New Hebrides, Funafuti, Ellice Island, Danton, Phoenix Island, Palmyra Island, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco

November 23-27, 1944: San Francisco, Ogden, Olathe, Omaha, Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago via air

Leave: Jacquie				Reunion December 1944


December 28, 1944-January 5, 1945: Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Houston, El Centro, San Francisco via air

January 6-18, 1945: San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Johnson Island, Majuro, Tarawa, Pavuvu

January 18-February 25, 1945: Pavuvu As 7th Regiment Adjutant receiving orders for invasion of Okinawa in 1945


February 25-April 1, 1945: Pavuvu to Okinawa

March 21-27, 1945: Ulithi anchorage with US Fleet (largest in history?)


April 1- July 25, 1945: Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Retto
On back of photo: Okinawa Shima Nansei Shoto Left to Right: 1st Lt. Russell Wilkinson - Intelligence O. Captain Rob Scherr - Adjutant Major Walter Holomon - Operations O. Lt. Col. J.M. Masters - Executive O. Co. E.W. Snedemer - Commanding O. Major Joe R. Hobbs - Supply O. Captain Henry P. Stetina - Communications O. Dr. S.J. Hagen - Reg't Surgeon 1st Lt. M.J. Cavanaugh - Come't H&S Co. 7th Marines Staff 1st Marine Division 15 April 1945


July 25, 1945: Okinawa to Guam via air

July 25-August 3, 1945: Guam to Pearl Harbor

August 4-11, 1945: Pearl Harbor to San Diego

August 14-16, 1945: San Diego to Milwaukee via SFe. R.R.

September 21-22, 1945: Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. via R.R.

September 22, 1945-August 14, 1953 - Washington, D.C., attending George Washington University Law School; prepared cases for the Japanese war crimes trials.

August 16, 1946, Bob, Joan & Jac: July 7, 1947 Bob; and November 4, 1947, Joan & Jac - D. C. to Milwaukee via air

September 3, 1946 & July 20, 1947 & November 30, 1947: Milwaukee to D.C. via air

December 21, 1947-January 1, 1948: Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama; Joan & Jac by air


December 22, 1947- January 1, 1948: Washington, D.C. to Montgomery, Alabama; Bob via B-25 return via bus from Newport News


May 13-June 2, 1950: Washington, D.C. to Milwaukee; Bob, Joan, Jac & Mike


June 14-16, 1952: Washington, D.C., to Camp Lejeune and return; Joan and Bob


July 8-10, 1952: Washington, D.C. to Milwaukee; Joan, Bob, Jac & Mike


July 24-August 2, 1952: Milwaukee to San Diego; Bob drive


August 14, 1952: Milwaukee to San Diego - UAL - Joan, Jac, Mike


1st MARDIV Camp Pendleton, California

August 14-16, 1953: San Diego to Milwaukee: Joan, Jac, Mike - SFe. R.R.


August 14-29, 1953: San Diego to Yokuska, Japan, aboard USS Mt. McKinley


August 29, 1958- July 24, 1954: 3rd MARDIV Japan, and Korea

Above photos: Bob in front of 3rd Marine Division Headquarters 1953 or 1954; Bob with Japanese children outside train station Otsu - March 1954; Bob in Otsu 3 March 1954.


June 25-28, 1954: Yokuska, Midway, Pearl, SFO via MATS


July 9-19, 1954: Milwaukee to San Francisco; Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve via SFe R.R.


July 22-23, 1954: SFO to Pearl Harbor with Joan, Jac, Mike, Steve via MARS air craft


Judges chambers, Federal Court Bldg. Honolulu, T.H.. 20 December 1955 Left to Right: Major Ted H. Collins, USMC Judge Frank McLaughlin, U.S. District Court for the Territory of Hawai'i Cmdr Ashton Miller, U.S. Navy, attached to 14th Naval District legal office Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Scherr, USMC Picture taken following admission to the Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Territory of Hawai'i


March 1-3, 1955: Pearl Harbor to Hawai'i - Volcano Eruption

August 1955: Pearl Harbor to Kauai'i onboard a USN LST with Joan, Jac, Mike (no Steve)


May 23-27, 1956: Pearl Harbor to Kwadjelain, Marshall Islands - Bob


July 14-23, 1956: Pearl Harbor to San Francisco by ship - Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve


July 24, 1956: San Francisco to Milwaukee, Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve

August 16-18, 1956: Milwaukee to Washington, D.C. - Joan, Bob, Jac, Mike, Steve


[Duty Washington, D.C.??]


August 10, 1957: Fairfax, Virginia, to Charlottesville


September 1957 to May 1958: Attend University of Virginia, Army JAG School


December 1-8, 1957: Charlottesville to San Francisco, Bob


December 15, 1958: To Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Last entry December 1958 when given to Mike


1964-1965: First Marine Air Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Iwakuni, Japan; Da Nang, Vietnam

CPX (Command Post Exercise) 7 April 1965 - Bob: 1st photo with gas mask, pistol belt, pistol, canteen under coat - and - big glasses - before cap was stolen - It was cold out there. 2nd photo: same date - someone had stolen my cap - I stole back and got the short end of the deal.