This is the Left portion of the photo. Dad, Sully Kalen is in the inset part of the group sitting with his hands on his knees. Harry Gene Taylor is next to dad on the right.

3rd Division 9th Marines in New Zealand

This is the right side of the group. Look closely and you will see the pen circles of Ira Hayes and I believe Harlon Block. 

This picture is somewhere in the South Pacific. Dad is the middle Marine holding the Captured Japanese Flag. He suffered from Malaria and lost a lot of weight. I would love to find out more about his time in Guam. According to a story that he told my mother, he and a scout buddy, they were guarding the hospital and they were short of ammunition. They flipped a coin to see who would go back to get the ammo and the other marine had to go. He returned with the ammo and slumped next to my dad against a tree. Dad started talking to him and he didn't reply, it turns out that he was dead, he had a knife in his back. I sure would like to know who that soldier was to thank his family for my Dad.