My Journey as a WWII Marine

About the Book

My Journey as a WWII Marine tells the personal story of lived experiences as an enlisted Marine who very quickly continued his tour of duty in the leadership role as 2nd Lieutenant. The author wanted to write a book to provide a glimpse of what it was like as a Marine to live through one of the most important wars of our country. John was assigned to a specialty area of service that required him and his men to be on the field of battle to provide those services in the Pacific. “We had to be prepared to do anything that was needed, especially as we were taking small islands to put down the Japanese”. Throughout the book, John guides the reader to experience what it was like through his eyes as a WWII Marine.

About the Author

WWII was a pivotal event in his life. He wants to share those experiences as a young Marine. He entered the war as an enlisted man at the age of 21 in 1941 and returned home as a 1st Lieutenant having spent much of his tour as an officer in the Pacific and participated in the Iwo Jima Operation. Upon returning to civilian life and John entered Union college and received his degree in electrical engineering. John worked for General Electric for 33 years. Throughout his life John has traveled around the world several times for either work or his impressive membership in Rotary. This last year John celebrated 54 years of Rotary service. John boasts of having made up Rotary meetings on every continent but Antarctica. John Hinrichs is a native Schenectady, New Yorker born in 1919. He now lives with his wife, Joe Ann, in southern Georgia, Thomasville.