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Making the most beautiful fiddles in the world, one of which I am the proud owner of.� He also enjoyed�playing his fiddle, and was known for playing it while out at sea.� There are many pictures of him with his beloved pipe in his mouth. He was a often requested judge at the Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. After his retirement in 1955, he moved to Wallowa, Oregon, where he, with my Grandmother, Peggy (Bell), whom he met in their hometown of Detroit while home on leave after the war in 1945, raised�their five children:� Greg Gentle, CTRCM, USN, Ret., Gary Jay Gentle, CTACM, USN, Ret., Cathy (Spencer), John C. Gentle, LT, USN, Ret., and Willie.� He passed away in 1997, and per his request, he was buried in his Service Dress Blues. He had full military honors from the local VFW,�I read the Navy Hymn, and my cousin, Luke Spencer played Taps on the bugle.� I am his grandaughter, Robyn Gentle Strayer, CTRC, USN, Ret. His pet name for me was Robynette, until I made Chief, and then he always called me "Chief".�
Description The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces. It took place from 7–9 August 1942 on the Solomon Islands, during the initial Allied landings in the Guadalcanal campaign.
In the battle, U.S. Marines, under the overall command of U.S. Major General Alexander Vandegrift, successfully landed and captured the islands of Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo among which the Japanese Navy had constructed a naval and seaplane base. The landings were fiercely resisted by the Japanese Navy troops who, outnumbered and outgunned by the Allied forces, fought and died almost to the last man.
At the same time that the landings on Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo were taking place, Allied troops were also landing on nearby Guadalcanal, with the objective of capturing an airfield under construction by Japanese forces. In contrast to the intense fighting on Tulagi and Gavutu, the landings on Guadalcanal were essentially unopposed. The landings on both Tulagi and Guadalcanal initiated the six-month long Guadalcanal campaign and a series of combined-arms battles between Allied and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands area.
