In memory of Colonel Philip Sidney Pugh III, 1924-1996.Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, 1943. Served in the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment in the Pacific, World War II and in the 2nd Batt… ...

He was 84. Mr. Humes enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942. He proudly served as a member of the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment.

A littoral regiment consists of about 2,000 Marines. The 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion traces its lineage to the 2nd Antiaircraft Battalion created in July 1937 at Quantico, Va.