70
th
Anniversary Edition
This month is the 70th anniversary of The Globe. In celebration, this edition features a special cover with archive articles that highlight Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from the 1940s through the 1970s.
vol. 76
no. 6
Jacksonville, n.c., Thursday, February 20, 2014 August 22, 1945
September 5, 1945
News of the Allied victory over the Japanese hordes found this group of men just about to “ship out.” Their amazement at finding their orders suddenly rescinded found many of them walking dazedly off, forgetting their seabags and other gear. SNOWED? That would be putting it rather mildly. “Beats me!” said one rather apologetically as he looked at the photographer with a “bulkhead” stare. Photo by Staff Sgt. F. X. Calden. August 22, 1945
Well Done!
The war has been won. All hands at Camp Lejeune merit a “well done” signal. Those who were fortunate enough to see combat service will possess through their entire lifetime a sense of combat-duty accomplishment which will be a continuing satisfaction to them and to their families. Those of us who carried on the training program at Camp Lejeune and helped to maintain the post during its important contribution to the war effort of the Marine Corps can feel that they, too, were actual participants in the fight for
victory and rendered services which were real and vital in the prosecution of the war. Before the memory of those comrades who laid down their lives for their country, we stand in humbleness of heart with a sense of thanksgiving that our friends could offer so gloriously “that last full measure of devotion.” May all of us resolve to support our nation as wholeheartedly in the coming days of peace as we have during the days of war. Maj. Gen. John Marston, Camp Commanding General
A joyful mother greets her Seabee son who returned after two years overseas duty. The sailor’s wife, right, dries her tears. Photo by Staff Sgt. John L. Murphy.
August 22, 1945
Roars Greet First News of Victory
In This Issue
By: Pfc. Joe Dudley
TENT CAMP The news which electrified the whole world last Tuesday night affected the hundreds of men stationed here. Wild screams and cheers however, soon died down to talking and laughing in every hut along the dark camp streets. The first show was in progress in Theater 1 when the news was received. The operator shut off the machine and announced the facts to the men in the audi-
ence, who tossed their hats to the ceiling and roared. They finally quieted down and the show was resumed, during which a very humorous incident occurred. The movie, ironically enough was “Blood on the Sun,” a shoot’em-up affair about the Japanese and this last war. Shortly after the start of the second show, Admiral Yamamoto made this statement from the screen: “I’ll dictate the peace from the capi-
tals of the world.” The laughter which that old goat wrung from the heart-free and happy Marines would have turned Bob Hope green with envy. Until late in the morning the informal celebration lasted. The dawn had showed her pink tints before many of the groups sitting around huts, had ceased to discuss what this wonderful news meant to them and their families.
Awards ............................................... 2A
Marines praised at Azalea Festival .......7A
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