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Scales, James Being an Officer
When James Shelton Scales was promoted to captain and given his own company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion, 23 Marine Regiment, 4
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Scales, James Early Life and Becoming a Marine
James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina.
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Scales, James End of the War
In July 1945 at Camp Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui Island, Hawaii], James Shelton Scales and his staff [Annotator's Note: at this time, Sc
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Scales, James Family
James Shelton Scales did not think about his family much, except that he missed his wife and daughter.
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Scales, James Fighting on Iwo Jima
The Japanese were underneath the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] while the Marines were on it.
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Scales, James Going to Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] and was given i
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Scales, James Hawaii and the War's End
Returning to Maui [Annotator's Note: returning to Maui, Hawaii from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] was the first time James Shelton Scales
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Scales, James Interrogating a Japanese Soldier on Saipan
As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division], James Shelton Scale
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Scales, James Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales did not have to make the initial landing [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima, Japan].
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Scales, James Kwajalein
Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kwajalein, 31 January to 3 February 1944] D-Day [Annotator's Note: military designation for an inv
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Scales, James Landing on Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944.
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Scales, James Life on Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means sulfur island.