John Basilone: A Soldier Until the End | Write On New Jersey

John Basilone: A Soldier Until the End | Write On New Jersey

While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he met Lena Mae Riggi, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women&s Reserve. They were married just before he shipped out for the Pacific. Their whirlwind courtship and marriage will be covered in Episode 8, ...

While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he met Lena Mae Riggi, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women&s Reserve. They were married just before he shipped out for the Pacific. Their whirlwind courtship and marriage will be covered in Episode 8, ...

John Basilone and Lena Riggi&s wedding party. Source. Edit: I guess I didn&t look hard enough! A helpful reader just sent me this: Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), ship&s sponsor, prepares to christen the destroyer, ...

After the tour, he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, where he met and married Sgt. Lena Mae Riggi. Lena, also of Italian descent, was part of the Marine Corp Women&s Reserve. In Oceanside, on July 10, 1944, John and Lena were happily wed ...

John Basilone and Lena Riggi&s wedding party. Source. Edit: I guess I didn&t look hard enough! A helpful reader just sent me this: Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), ship&s sponsor, prepares to christen the destroyer, ...

John Basilone: A Soldier Until the End | Write On New Jersey

John Basilone: A Soldier Until the End | Write On New Jersey

After the tour, he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, where he met and married Sgt. Lena Mae Riggi. Lena, also of Italian descent, was part of the Marine Corp Women&s Reserve. In Oceanside, on July 10, 1944, John and Lena were happily wed ...

John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the.

John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the.

Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), ship&s sponsor, prepares to christen the destroyer, at the Consolidated Steel Company Shipyard, Orange, Texas, on 21 December 1945. She was the widow of Gunnery Sergeant John J. Basilone, USMC, ...

Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), ship&s sponsor, prepares to christen the destroyer, at the Consolidated Steel Company Shipyard, Orange, Texas, on 21 December 1945. She was the widow of Gunnery Sergeant John J. Basilone, USMC, ...