2. They Served Before Us - WWII

Saipan - 595th CBMU - Manuel Francis Rosa

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Dad in his shop in Saipan. Note the photo of Pete's Mom on the work bench and the photo of me (Pete) in the lower right hand corner of Mom's photo.
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Dad in his shop in Saipan. Note the photo of Pete's Mom on the work bench and the photo of me (Pete) in the lower right hand corner of Mom's photo.

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  • Invasion of Cat Island practice. You can see the men prone in the sand. Cat Island Jan. 1944
  • Manuel F. Rosa, 5th from the left, front row. Notations from Manny: This is most of my platoon after we landed on Cat Island in Jan. 1944. I'm in the front row center and Carey is to the right of me. In the top row standing, Ward is third from the left, then McKee, Nick, and Schumaker. Lynch is to the left of me in the front row. (minor editing by rjf)
  • Herb on the right, Broadbent in the center, and Almeida the interpreter.
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  • Dad in his shop in Saipan. Note the photo of Pete's Mom on the work bench and the photo of me (Pete) in the lower right hand corner of Mom's photo.
  • Murtaugh the photographer.
  • I sit here today knowing how foolish I was as a young Airman bitching about the hotel we booked in to on a band tour.
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  • CPO Rosa and helper restoring one of the statues.
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  • The man on the far left is possibly Manny Rosa.
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  • This is a photo of furniture in Admiral Hoover's quarters on Guam that was designed and made by my Dad and his men in his shop on Saipan.<br /> My Dad went on top make many of the mansions in Rhode Island and Cape Code, Maine look amazing after his return from Saipan.<br /> Yes, my son Jordan and I are very proud to be descended from Manuel Francis Rosa.
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