RICHARDS PORTER LYON
BATTALION SURGEON
NOVEMBER 1944 – SEPTEMBER 1945
These are some of Doc Richards Lyon’s photographs from the war in 1945. An accomplished photographer who carried his camera everywhere except into combat, he nonetheless lost his prized camera to enemy shellfire (when the transport with his baggage was sunk off Iwo Jima) and a hand-made replacement to a sticky-fingered sailor. Doc’s greatest regret was losing the photos he’d taken using that homemade pinhole camera with cadged Marine film.
For a photo analysis of the corpsmen, please click here. Analysis of the group photo of officers is forthcoming.
1/24 corpsmen after Iwo Jima.
Doc Lyon, “Bruce,” and Doc Porter
The surviving officers of First Battalion after Iwo Jima.
Richards Lyon.
Unknown Marine, Doc “Little Dick” Lyon, Doc “Big Dick” Porter, Major Irving Schechter, Captain Joe Swoyer.
“Dick and Gunnies.” Lyon (right) with three unidentified Marines, possibly battalion gunnery sergeants.
Chief Pharacist’s Mate Martin Middlewood.
Preparing for the invasion of Japan at Camp Makawao.
Camp Makawao
“On parade before leaving for Kyushu.”
