A Roster in Constant Flux

Over the course of World War II, hundreds of men served in Company G. As men were killed and wounded, new replacements were incorporated to keep the unit at fighting strength. Thus, the company was in a continuous state of flux. It is difficult to say with any certainty exactly how many men served in Company G, or to compile a full list of their names. The photo at right is a snapshot of Company G in 1941. But this was not the exact same group of men that fought on Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Leyte, and Cebu, and later arrived on the shores of Japan in 1945. Throughout this section of the exhibit, profiles of soldiers who appear in this 1941 unit photo will include a cropped version of this larger photo.

This section of the website shares the stories of many of the soldiers who served with Company G. Some soldiers have their own page, while some appear on shared pages. This is by no means an indicator of the relative bravery or importance of one soldier over another. It is simply due to the amount of information known about individuals of the unit. Declassified reports contain the names of hundreds of men, but there are no photographs to put a face to those names. Even the unit photo at right is devoid of a caption, leaving the identity of many of the men in it a mystery. It is hoped that sharing this story on the internet will connect veterans and their families, and that more men from Company G will be joined once again in this unique story.

Note: This unit photo, part of a large poster sized collage, appears to have been stretched horizontally to fit properly in the montage. The appearance of the men in the photo may thus appear slightly distorted. It is compressed vertically, leaving the men (and in particular, their faces) looking somewhat shorter and wider than their actual appearance would have been.