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The Red Circle
By Brandon Webb
M-Mother: Dambuster Flight Lieutenant John 'Hoppy' Hopgood
By Jenny Elmes
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60628" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Smith</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cletus</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd Raider Battalion</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">347545</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>17th August 1942</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Fort Worth, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.11.1921, Crowley, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father James Carol Smith</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Velma Pearl (nee Greenwood) Smith</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation lumber yard worker</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10.01.1942 entered service Houston, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Pearl Smith, 1118 Gambrell Street, Fort Worth, Texas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MIA on Makin Raid</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1943 declared dead </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/c-smith.36151/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36151-c3e3fa83081d28eff47f35283d22197d.jpg?1640555644" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private Smith was killed in combat with the Japanese during the Makin raid August 17 1942. After the battle Colonel Carlson made arrangements for the raiders killed during the raid to be buried by native islanders. Private Smiths body was buried on the island which remained in enemy hands after Carlson and the raiders departed for home. He was officially listed as KIA August 19 1943. The location of the burials on Makin was located in 1999. The remains of 19 Marines and an Islander were identified. Six Raider families including Private Smith claimed and buried remains privately; 13 others were interred at Arlington National Ceremony under a full-honors ceremony.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60628, member: 6852"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Smith[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Cletus[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2nd Raider Battalion[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT]347545[/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]17th August 1942[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]20[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Honolulu Memorial, Courts of the Missing[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]resided Fort Worth, Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 21.11.1921, Crowley, Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father James Carol Smith[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]mother Velma Pearl (nee Greenwood) Smith[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]civil occupation lumber yard worker[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]10.01.1942 entered service Houston, Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Next of kin - Mother. Mrs. Pearl Smith, 1118 Gambrell Street, Fort Worth, Texas[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]MIA on Makin Raid[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1943 declared dead [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/c-smith.36151/'][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36151-c3e3fa83081d28eff47f35283d22197d.jpg?1640555644[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Private Smith was killed in combat with the Japanese during the Makin raid August 17 1942. After the battle Colonel Carlson made arrangements for the raiders killed during the raid to be buried by native islanders. Private Smiths body was buried on the island which remained in enemy hands after Carlson and the raiders departed for home. He was officially listed as KIA August 19 1943. The location of the burials on Makin was located in 1999. The remains of 19 Marines and an Islander were identified. Six Raider families including Private Smith claimed and buried remains privately; 13 others were interred at Arlington National Ceremony under a full-honors ceremony.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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