Pacific Marines Stories

Daniel Martinez (left), a chief historian for Hawaii’s National Park Service, and Col. Nathan Nastase (right), commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, escort Frank R. Cabiness’ urn to the USS Arizona Memorial here Dec. 23 for his interment ceremony. Cabiness was a part of the Marine detachment aboard the USS Arizona and survived the attacks on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. - Daniel Martinez (left), a chief historian for Hawaii’s National Park Service, and Col. Nathan Nastase (right), commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, escort Frank R. Cabiness’ urn to the USS Arizona Memorial here Dec. 23 for his interment ceremony. Cabiness was a part of the Marine detachment aboard the USS Arizona and survived the attacks on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

A young gamer at the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific holiday party takes advantage of the video games here Dec. 16. Headquarters and Service Battalion organized an annual holiday party in order to celebrate the season and bring the members of MarForPac closer together. - A young gamer at the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific holiday party takes advantage of the video games here Dec. 16. Headquarters and Service Battalion organized an annual holiday party in order to celebrate the season and bring the members of MarForPac closer together.

Louis E. Gore, an 88-year-old Pearl Harbor, Peleliu, Guadalcanal and Vietnam survivor, rests in the shade after the 70th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. Gore served aboard the USS Phoenix during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Gore was once thrown by the concussion of enemy naval fire causing him to lose his two front teeth during the battle of Guadalcanal. - Louis E. Gore, an 88-year-old Pearl Harbor, Peleliu, Guadalcanal and Vietnam survivor, rests in the shade after the 70th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. Gore served aboard the USS Phoenix during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Gore was once thrown by the concussion of enemy naval fire causing him to lose his two front teeth during the battle of Guadalcanal.

A dancer from the Hawaii State Ballet performs a scene from “The Nutcracker” during the Fourth Annual Na Mele o na Keiki (Music for the Children) Concert at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall on Dec. 1. The Hawaii State Ballet performed with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band and local artists, and Marines collected donations to the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Hawaii Program. - A dancer from the Hawaii State Ballet performs a scene from “The Nutcracker” during the Fourth Annual Na Mele o na Keiki (Music for the Children) Concert at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall on Dec. 1. The Hawaii State Ballet performed with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band and local artists, and Marines collected donations to the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Hawaii Program.