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The Marine Detachment assigned to USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Photographed on June 24, 1944.

Posted by Gave Shuffield on the Battleship Texas Foundation Group Facebook page: link

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Four marines pose together on the forecastle of USS TEXAS (BB-35) shortly after modernization was completed.

Photographed sometime between November 23, 1926 and June 6, 1927.

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Battleship Texas Foundation Archives: 2023.1001.26

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Marine Detachment on the fantail of USS TEXAS (BB-35).

Photographed by Frank Scherschel of Life Magazine in 1942. Identified by Peter DeForest.

LIFE Magazine Archives: 110638946, 110638935, 115772584, 115772582, 115772527, 115772581

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US Marine Francis A. Meloro standing the 14 inch guns of USS TEXAS (BB-35).

"The Marines slept underneath the 14 inch Guns. The sailors would come every morning with hoses yelling, 'Wet deck' getting the Marines to scatter."

Photographed in 1939.

Posted by Joseph S. Meloro to the Battleship Texas Foundation Facebook page: link

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Photographed on September 19, 1914.

U.S. Marine Detachment of USS TEXAS (BB-35) in front of Turret No. 3. She was in the Sourthern Drill Grounds, training her crew.

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[greatwilliam]

Great Marine Corps memory! Semper Fi JarHeads! #TheFew #MarDet #1995 (at WilLowe Consulting, LLC) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs1J4_DHsoW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e8x6vx1x6sgt

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