This collection contains four poems written by Sgt. Richard William Hood, USMC during the Second World War, as well as two copies of photographs and a biography.

Sergeant Richard William Hood, United States Marine Corps (5/20/1925 - 2/1987) was born in Ridgewood, Queens, New York to J. William Hood and Frieda Nick Hood. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after dropping out of high school his junior year in July 1942. He trained at Parris Island, Camp Legeune and San Diego before being deployed to the South Pacific with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines and first saw action at Namur, Kwajalein.

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