What Became of the USS Oklahoma Marine Platoon?

From the November, 1942, Marine Corps Recruiter.

In the last post, I wrote about a platoon of Marines referred to as the USS Oklahoma Platoon in honor of the Marine detachment serving on the battleship USS Oklahoma when it capsized during the attack on Pearl Harbor.  This was the only additional information I could find out about it.

Caption to a picture.

"Display  Aids in Recruiting Station.

"In connection with the recruiting drive to enlist the USS Oklahoma Platoon, enlisted in honor of the men of the Marine Detachment of the battleship USS Oklahoma who were killed at Pearl Harbor, and the western premiere of  the film "Wake Island," this display was arranged in a Tulsa, Okla., store window."

This is all I have been able to find on this group.  I'd sure like to know more.

--GreGen

Where the Boys Going?

From the Jan. 2, 2017, Roanoke Times, Va.,  "Looking Back."

1942, 75 Years Ago.

"Publicity on the number of recruits, their names and destinations was halted by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps recruiting offices here yesterday, with the explanation that such information was considered a military secret."

--GreGen

Wilmington at War: "The Chief" WWI Secretary of Navy Visits

From the August 14, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then" by Scott Nunn.

AUGUST 2, 1942:  The skipper of the U.S. Navy in World War I, Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the Navy and recently elected ambassador to mexico, is the only man FDR calls "Chief."  he is expected to be in Wilmington on August 8th to speak when the local Navy recruiting station climaxed its Eastern North Carolina Navy Day Drive to enlist 100 men.

Daniels was publisher of the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer.  The Navy recruiting publicist was the late Jesse Helms (later U.S. Senator).

--GreGen

Recruitment in Wartime Wilmington, NC

From the Aug. 14th Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then" by Scott Nunn.  He goes back through the Star-News papers from 70 years ago for these stories.

AUGUST 2, 1942--  The Secretary of the U.S. Navy in World War I, and the only man FDR called "Chief," (FDR served under him) Josephus Daniels, was expected to be in Wilmington August 8th to speak when the local Navy recruiting station climaxed its Eastern North Carolina Navy Day drive to enlist 100 men.

Daniels had also been the former secretary of the Navy and had recently been elected to be ambassador to Mexico.

Daniels also had been publisher of the Raleign News & Observer.  The Navy recruiting publicist who released this story was Jesse Helms, who went on to be the long-serving US senator from the state.

I Wonder If Daniels Showed Up?  --GreGen