Harold C. Roberts
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Harold Cyrus Roberts was a highly decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of colonel. He was the recipient of three Navy Crosses, the United States military's second-highest
Roberts as 2nd lieutenant, USMC
Roberts (second from left) with 3rd Defense Battalion Staff
Roberts (left) only few days before his death, with commander of 3rd Battalion Clair W. Shisler. Okinawa, June 1945.
The 6th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps World War II infantry division formed in September 1944. During the invasion of Okinawa it saw combat at Yae-Take and Sugar Loaf Hill and was a
Harold C. Roberts
…of Leyte in the Philippines. In January 1945, Roberts was ordered back to Guadalcanal, now a large supply and training base, where newly established 6th Marine Division under Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. conducted intensive training for further combat deployment in Pacific. He was attached to the division staff…
The 6th Marine Division wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, 1 April 1945.
Sugar Loaf Hill as seen from the north
A patrol of Marines from the 6th Marine Division searches the ruins of Naha, Okinawa in April 1945.
A 6th Division Marine demolition crew watches explosive charges detonate and destroy a Japanese cave, May 1945.