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The Writings of Robert S. Musa (1924-2009)



"I write because something deep inside keeps telling me that I have stories to tell. I am now living in my eighth decade, and carry the memories of a depression childhood, and a twenty plus year career in the Marine Corps, where I served my country in two wars. I am a survivor of the sinking of the heavy cruiser that Herman Wouk used as a setting for his novel "War and Remembrance", and of a forty-eight year relationship with Martha Louise, my friend, lover, and wife. Besides being a career Marine, I have been a thrill Show stunt driver, a carnival roustabout, and an executive in the trucking industry. The job I miss the most is that of being a Marine. I have studied creative writing at Butte Junior College, and as an audit student at California State University Chico. I am currently working on a novel about life in the Marine Corps." (Bob Musa, Aug 9, 1996)



18 december 2020



Second Battle of Guam.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. July 21, 1944. Dad hits the beach in the second battle of Guam.


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13 december 2020



Family. Chapter Seven.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. A man sized boy. The death of Aunt Berniece.


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13 december 2020



Guadalcanal.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Illness in Guadalcanal. Special recon group. Prepping for Guam. Photo of USS President Monroe


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9 december 2020



Family. Chapter Six.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. More moves in 1935-1936. Dad is influenced by "The Leathernecks Have Landed".


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8 december 2020



Bill Veeck.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Dad goes to Guadalcanal and shares a tent with Bill Veeck.


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28 November 2020



AWOL.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1943. Dad goes AWOL, returns to the South Pacific and tries out for Paratroop training.


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25 November 2020



Family. Chapter Five.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1933. More moves. Young love. Naomi is born. Chicago World's Fair.


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23 November 2020



Teddy Schneider.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1943. Dad meets Teddy Schneider in Santa Ana California. Photo of Madge and Teddy in 1943.


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15 November 2020



El Toro.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1943. Guard Detachment, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California.


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07 November 2020



A return to the states.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. December 1942. USS Barnett returns dad to the states and an opportunity to go home for Christmas.


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01 November 2020



The Battle of Tassafaronga.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. November/December 1942. The Northampton sinks.


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31 october 2020



Family. Chapter Four.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Christmas 1932. Nickel movies. Photo shows the front page of The Chicago Tribune, Dec. 24, 1932. "In the depths of the Great Depression, Chicago Tribune cartoonist Carey Orr tried to find the silver lining -- and succeeded."


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27 october 2020



The Soloman Islands.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Guadalcanal. Shore leave in Espiritu Santo Island.


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27 october 2020



Family. Chapter Three



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Russian neighbors. Young Pioneers.


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20 october 2020



Triage



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Oct 26, 1942. Hornet wounded are taken aboard the Northampton. Photo shows the USS Northampton attempting to tow the USS Hornet on Oct 26.


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17 october 2020



Family. Chapter Two.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1930-1932. The farm in Walkerton Indiana. Jordan School. South Chicago YMCA, The French fry burn.


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15 october 2020



After Midway. Northampton joins USS Hornet.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. USS Wasp. Noumea, New Caladonia, The Hornet.


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11 october 2020



Family. Chapter One.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Family stories from birth to 1930.


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10 october 2020



Midway.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. June 1942. Battle of Midway. Dad turns 18.


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05 october 2020



Shangri La Tokyo Raid.



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Post pearl Harbor and Shangri La Tokyo Raid. April 1942.


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23 september 2020



WAR



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Dec 1941.


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23 september 2020



The USS Northampton



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Dad joins the crew of the USS Northampton, Pearl Harbor Sept 1941.


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18 september 2020



From The Shores of Tripoli to Pearl Harbor



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Dad finishes Sea School and receives his first ship assignment. He arrives in Pearl Harbor Sept 1941.


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13 september 2020



Liberty



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Dad starts Sea School and has his first liberty. This chapter includes whorehouse visits and may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion advised.


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05 september 2020



Japheth's diary



SHORT STORY. An ancient scroll written in a heretofore unknown hieroglyphic language is determined to be a record of the Biblical Flood, and of events leading up to the flood, as recorded by Noah's youngest son, Japheth.


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28 august 2020



Consanguinity



SHORT STORY


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21 august 2020



No Regrets



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. June 1941,


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2 august 2020



Boot Camp



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. June 1941,


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21 june 2020



The Suicide Circus



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Early 1941, The months before enlistment.


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1 February 2020



Enlistment



AUTOBIOGRAPHY. June 1941, Robert Musa enlists in the United States Marine Corps.


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