164th Infantry Color Guard on Guadalcanal, 1943

Creator

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Date of Work

1943

Identification #

OGL1278-164_2

Description

"Color Guard Then - Members of the 164th Infantry Regiment (Rifle), Americal Division Color Guard during World War II are, from left: Staff Sgt. James M. Fenelon (Devils Lake, N.D.), Cpl. Leonard Betchel (Cavalier, N.D.), Staff Sgt. Clifford Ottinger (Jamestown, N.D.) and Cpl. Walter Ensminger (Manango, N.D.) The coconut log on the right was the railing which enclosed the cemetery on Guadalcanal. Marines, Army, U.S. Navy and Air Force soldiers killed in the battle of Guadalcanal were buried in this cemetery." (from back of photograph)

Places Depicted

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Organizations Depicted

164th Infantry Regiment, Americal Division

People Depicted

James Fenelon, Leonard Betchel, Clifford Ottinger, Walter Ensminger

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota