George Marquis dropped out of college in 1943 to join the Navy, and was soon accepted into submarine duty, where he was assigned to the USS Bergall following a rigorous training program. He was on board for all five of the Bergall's combat patrols, hunting in the Japanese shipping lanes around Saipan, near French Indo-China, and in the South China Sea, Java Sea and Indian Ocean.
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Submariner on boat patrolling Japanese shipping lanes in the Pacific
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George S. Marquis’s official photograph
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain
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George Marquis (on the right) and a buddy taken in Groton, Connecticut during his training, sometime in 1944.
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Groton, Connecticut
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1944
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Narrator’s photo.
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George and several shipmates relax in the Philippine Islands. In the back right is a beer shack. George is kneeling in the front left.
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Philippine Islands
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Narrator’s photo
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George and his mates relax at the Fremantle Submarine Base in Perth, Australia. Marquis is in the front row, second from the right.
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Fremantle Submarine Base in Perth, Australia
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Unknown
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Narrator’s photo.
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Seaman First Class (S1c) Robert “Bobby Sox” Faseli, S1c George S. Marquis, Motor Machinist Richard “Ed” Branin, Radarman 3 Hugh “Bud” Trimble and S1c Lawrence J. Regan, shipmates on the USS Bergall (SS-320) show their legs for a gag photo.
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Pearl Harbor
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1944
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Narrator’s photo
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The USS Bergall battle flag.
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Public domain
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George Marquis at the time of his interview, August, 2010.
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August, 2010
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Public domain