(et), leaving for America shortly for' service wi Fourth US. Marines here, photographed with is successor. Chaplain MAM, Witherspoon, senlor'religious officer of the Marines and naval detachments who arrive in port from time to time.
Cmdr. Witherspoon comes to Shang-hal with an eventful career, having. served with the Marines in thres Aifferent billets, although his most recent assignment was Mare Island, US. Naval Base. Prior to that post, he had served in Nicaragua, where Because of gallant conduct he was decorated by the President of Central American Republic.
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