Chief Warrant Officer Edward Seeser stands outside at a rifle range, Hawaii, February 1946

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Photograph. Chief Warrant Officer Edward Seeser stands outside holding a clipboard at a rifle range. Marines are lined up behind him practicing shooting. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Feb 15 1946 / Headquarters, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Oahu, T.H., Feb. 15-- One of the U.S. Marine Corps' most deadly shots, Chief Warrant Officer Edward V. Seeser, 39, San Diego, Calif., is coaching 55 Service Command marksmen for Pacific Division Rifle and Pistol Competitions Feb. 25-Mar. 2 at Puuloa Point range. / The distinguished marskman, who enlisted in 1928, fired on Marine Corps' national championship rifle teams in 1931, 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1940. He was an alternate on the 1938 pistol team. / Mr. Seeser's individual triumphs include first places in the 1933 Camp Perry, Ohio, Instructors Match; National Matches at Wakefield, Mass.; 1935 Scott Match; 1937 Wimbeldon [sic] and Leach Dup [sic] matches; 1938 Wimbeldon [sic] Match and President's Match. He has received letters of commendation from the President, Commandant of Marine Corps and Secretary of War. / Under guidance of Warrant Officer Seeser, Service Command Leathernecks have high hopes of qualifying for Marine Corps finals at Quantico, Va., in May, and team matches at San Diego in April. The Pacific Division will send its distinguished marksmen and 75 medal winners to Quantico. / His wife and their children, John E., 12; Marilyn, 10, and William, 3, live at 2717 Matthews Dr., San Diego." Hawaii. 15 February 1946

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02/15/1946
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Items from the service of Mr. Rogers Lional Hogan, who was born in Gretna, Louisiana, on July 18, 1917. Hogan worked for the Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans before he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February of 1941. Hogan served in the Pacific Theatre. He was in Saipan and Guam in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in Hawaii at the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (FMFPAC) base through the summer of 1946. The collection includes 473 photographs depicting Hogan's time in the Pacific Theatre.
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Hawaii
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20.000
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-157.833
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Military officers--American--Hawaii
Rifle ranges--Hawaii