United States Marine Corps Service Record Clyde Harold Griffith Rank: Private First Class Serial Number:

Class Serial Number: 996268 Place and Date of Entry: Baltimore, Md., 6 January, 1945 Place and Date of Separation: Quantico, Va., 23 July, 1946 Type of Discharge: Honorable Military Specialties: Light Anti-Aircraft Crew Service Schools Attended: San Diego, Cal. Courses: Sea School Principal Military Duty: Light Anti-Aircraft Crew Satisfactorily Completed Practical Instruction of 20 mm Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun and 40 mm Anti-Aircraft Weapon 26 May, 1945 Embarked at Bremerton, Wash. on board the U.S.S. Minneapolis for duty in the Marine Detachment 5 June, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Participated in the Landing and Occupation of Korea, at Jinsen Harbor, 8 September, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Participated in the support of Landing at Taku, North China 30 September, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Participated in support for landing party at Chinwangtao, China. Attached to Task Unit 71.1.55. 3-6 October, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Participated as a member of a landing team on Weihaiwei, North China 7 October, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Participated in support for landing of the Chinese 13th Army at Chinwangtao, China. Attached to Task Unit 71.6.45. 30 October, 1945 Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Entitled to wear the Asiatic Pacific Service Ribbon Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis: Entitled to wear the World War II Victory Medal Disembarked at San Pedro, Cal. from duty in Marine Detachment, U.S.S. Minneapolis 18 December, 1945