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• Love and War
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• I The Journey Begins 1923 to 1941
• Warren’s Family and Childhood
• My Parents Mary and Gilbert with Gilbert Jr. and Muriel Alice
• Our house at 16 Meagher Ave., Milton, Massachusetts
• Warren in front of Maine vacation home
• Clara’s Family and Childhood
• Clara’s childhood home in West Southport, Maine
• Clara, George, Shirley and Dick class photo
• Hendrick’s Lighthouse, West Southport, Maine
• High School Years
• Warren and Gil sitting on the Bomber
• Post High School
• II The War Years World War II, Training 1941 to 1944
• Joining the Navy
• Civilian Pilot Training (CPT)
• Warren’s Navy identification card
• Warren’s pilot license
• Marriage Interlude
• Pre-Flight Training
• Boston American newspaper, which later became the Boston Globe newspaper
• Primary Flight Training
• N3N-3 plane
• Advanced Flight Training and Joining the U.S. Marine Corps
• SNJ-4 plane
• PBY-5 plane
• VMB-612
• B-25 Mitchell plane
• Herman’s Store
• PBJs on USS Natoma Bay
• III The War Years World War II, Combat 1944 to 1945
• Saipan
• Lt MacQuarrie, Gunner Mericantante, Karl Globus, and Hobart Ballou
• Combat Missions
• Top row: 1st Lt Jack Stout, pilot; crew chief; M Sgt John Grubbs, navigator–bombardier; 2nd Lt Warren MacQuarrie, copilot. Bottom row: radioman; Pfc John Fitzpatrick, tail gunner; radar operator; and photographer
• Top row: M Sgt John Grubbs, navigator–bombardier; 1st Lt Homer McKenzie; 2nd Lt Warren MacQuarrie. Bottom row: PFC John Fitzpatrick, tail gunner; radioman
• Raising of the U.S. Flag atop Mt. Suribachi by five Marines and a Navy corpsman
• Top row (l to r): Navy Lt (unidentified), 1st Lt Allen, 1st Lt Stout, Ernie Pyle (war correspondent), CP McDermott, 1st Lt Collins, Bottom row: Sgt McElroy, Sgt Lambert, 2nd Lt MacQuarrie, 2nd Lt Rude
• B-29 Crash landing on Iwo Jima
• The Battle for Okinawa
• Tiny Tim Rocket missing Japanese ship
• Japan Surrenders, Occupation of Japan
• Typhoon and Return to the United States
• Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco
• IV The Family Journey Peacetime 1945 to 1950
• Post-World War II
• Quantico
• Cherry Point
• Duty in Oahu, Hawaii
• Warren flying R5D over Hawaii
• Long Flight to Tsingtao
• Squadron party in Honolulu, 1949. Warren and Clara next to last, bottom right row.
• Warren finding PBY, Catalina
• Third Marine Aircraft Wing, MCAS, El Toro
• V The War Years Korea 1950 to 1952
• Buildup to War
• Transfer to Fighters
• The Korean War
• Warren in cockpit of F4U-4B at K-3, South Korea
• Unidentified, Bill Crooks, and Warren
• Flying back to Pyongtaek after attack on North Korea forces
• VI The Family Journey Continues 1952 to 1968
• Opa-locka, Florida
• Jean, Linda, Nancy, Clara, and Warren Jr.
• Trailer with Jean, Warren Jr., Linda, Nancy, Clara, and Big Boy
• Warren Jr., Jean, Nancy, Clara, Linda, and Big Boy
• Muriel Hunter, Warren’s Mom, Clara, Warren’s Dad, Warren, and Bill Hunter
• While Warren was in VMF-312, the “Checkerboard Squadron”
• Flying our FJ-2 Furys to NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
• Springfield/Washington D.C.
• Family in Front of Springfield House
• Dressed to Attend Marine Corps Birthday Ball
• Stanford
• Tustin and Atsugi, Japan
• Learning to Fly the F4D Skyray at NAS Cubic Point, Philippines
• Return to the Springfield House
• Adm Anderson’s Aides: Brian McCauley, Woodrow McCrory, Mrs. Anderson, Warren, and John McVey
• Admiral Anderson’s Quarters
• President Kennedy inspecting the Special Forces at Fort Bragg
• Warren escorts Adm Anderson and his wife to Oahu, Hawaii
• Quantico
• Transition to Helicopters
• Operation Steel Pike
• Clara Pinning the Silver Eagles
• Life in Panama
• Warren and Clara Board Warren Jr. ship going through the Panama Canal
• Clara and her volunteer group
• Clara at a Naval Wives Association crazy hat luncheon
• Nancy, Jean, Mark, Clara, and Warren during receipt of Legion of Merit Award
• Panama to California to Vietnam
• Clara and Mark in front of our Irvine townhouse
• VII The War Years Vietnam 1968 to 1969
• The Vietnam War
• Change of command at MAG-16 1st Marine Air Wing
• Damaged OV-10
• Operation Meade River
• Loading of Marines into CH-46 helicopters
• Offloading Marines from the CH-46 in the objective area
• Offloading Marines from a CH 53 in the objective area
• Operation Taylor Common1
• Warren and Clara on R&R in Sydney, Australia
• Quantico
• VIII The Family Journey Second Career, Military Retirement 1972 to 1988
• Winchester
• Return to California, Family Moves
• Tiburon
• Warren and Clara on deck of Tara Hill Road home in Tiburon
• San Diego
• Clara at the China Wall
• IX Life in Novato 1988 to 2000
• Our Lives Change as Retirement Begins
• More Time for Travel and Family Visits
• Clara Continues Her Charity Work
• Time for New Hobbies and Activities
• Clara and her sister Millie
• Life on a Golf Course
• The Challenge of Maintaining a Large Home
• Decision to Move to PVE: The Final Chapter
• X Life at Paradise Valley Estates Clara’s Retirement Years 2000 to 2017
• Ready to Retire Completely
• Entrance to Paradise Valley Estates, Fairfield, California
• PVE Activities Begin
• Friendships Start
• Health Care Was a Primary Motivator for Moving to PVE
• Milestone Celebrations with Family and Friends
• Left to right front row: Warren Jr., great-grandson Christopher Tan (Kristi’s firstborn), Jean, Warren, Clara, Linda, Nancy, granddaughter Megan, Mark. Left to right top row: granddaughter Katie, Adrian (Kristi’s husband), granddaughter Kristi, Josh (Stacey’s husband), granddaughter Stacey, grandson Richard, Rich Dunn (Nancy’s husband), Sarah (Mark’s wife), CJ (Warren’s wife), and granddaughter Michelle
• Activities Grow: Calendars Are Now a Requirement
• Clara receives her black belt in tae kwon do
• Warren and Clara in front of Captain’s Quarters
• Family and a few great friends!
• Clara holding open the menu from Mother’s Bistro with her picture on the top of the pages
• Warren and Clara at their 70th wedding anniversary party
• Family and friends who attended the party; not in picture is Richard’s partner Brian Westbrook who took the photo
• Left to right front row: Warren and Clara; Left to right middle row: Jaycee, Linda, Nancy, Michelle, and Scott; Left to right back row: Warren Jr., CJ, Jean, Mark, Richard, Sarah, Kerry Farley, and Pat Farley
• PVE Evolves Over Time
• Warren at the 2017 Marine Corps Dinner, PVE
• Epilogue
• The Family 75th Wedding Anniversary Party
• The General and the Colonel chairs that Linda had made 20 years ago
• Family and friends who attended our 75th wedding anniversary celebration
• The PVE 75th Wedding Anniversary Party
• Nancy, Sarah, Linda, Mark, Warren, Maurie, Clara, Duane, Warren Jr., and Jean
• Daily Republic, page 1
• Daily Republic, page 2
• Gratitude
• The End
• Clara and Warren
• The Family Remembrances
• Family Tree
• Linda
• Warren Jr.
• Jean
• Nancy
• Mark
• Extended Family
• Warren’s Sister Muriel Alice MacQuarrie Hunter’s Children
• Warren’s Brother Gilbert MacQuarrie Jr.’s Children
• Warren’s Cousin
• Clara’s Siblings
• Appendix A: Aircraft Flown
• Appendix B: Medals Awarded