Fillmore Progress | 1927-04-15 | Page 2 | Marines Sail toward China

marines sail toward china san diego cal the sixth regiment of united states slates marines departed on the transport henderson n tor for shanghai to join thousands of other fighting men of 0 the country in protecting american lives and property the 1560 and men of the regiment were commanded by colonel darold snyder tho the departure of the regiment was made a gala occasion shore boats sped in the wako wake of the transport airplanes hovered over her and the bo saluting ea ba teries of 0 north island bade farewell marines from many eastern bases make up the regiment which was formed here into a unit fully equipped tor for held field service