While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he met Lena Mae Riggi, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women&s Reserve. They were married just before he shipped out for the Pacific. Their whirlwind courtship and marriage will be covered in Episode 8, ...
John Basilone and Lena Riggi&s wedding party. Source. Edit: I guess I didn&t look hard enough! A helpful reader just sent me this: Sergeant Lena Mae Basilone, USMC(WR), ship&s sponsor, prepares to christen the destroyer, ...
After the tour, he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, where he met and married Sgt. Lena Mae Riggi. Lena, also of Italian descent, was part of the Marine Corp Women&s Reserve. In Oceanside, on July 10, 1944, John and Lena were happily wed ...
While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he met Lena Mae Riggi, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women&s Reserve. They were married just before he shipped out for the Pacific. Their whirlwind courtship and marriage will be covered in Episode 8, ...
While stationed at Camp Pendleton, he met Lena Mae Riggi, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Women&s Reserve. They were married just before he shipped out for the Pacific. Their whirlwind courtship and marriage will be covered in Episode 8, ...
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