80th Anniversary of Swearing In of the USS Oklahoma Marine Corps Platoon

From the September 15, 2022, Oklahoman "Throwback Thursday:  Platoon  name honors fellow Marines from USS Oklahoma" by Linda Lynn.

From caption of the photograph.

"Eighty-five Oklahomans raise their right hands as they are sworn into the Marine Corps on September 15, 1842, on the south side of the state Capitol.

"The platoon was designated as the USS Oklahoma Platoon in honor of the detachment that had served on the USS Oklahoma battleship, which was hit by multiple torpedoes on December 7, 1941, during the bombing of Pearl Harbor."

And, It Was Formed in Oklahoma.   --GreGen