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Zeilin (2770 words) |
 | Neither ship nor troops suffered any injury; but, while Zeilin maintained that clean record during the operation, her passengers were soon to be cut to ribbons as they waded the 700 yards across ankle- to knee-deep foul ground between the edge of the reef and the actual shore. |
| Zeilin returned to Pearl Harbor at the beginning of December to reload for the Kwajalein phase of the Marshall Islands assault. |
| Zeilin departed the Solomons on 4 June as a unit of the Southern Attack Force (TF 53) whose specific target was to be Guam. |
| Jacob Zeilin@Everything2.com (248 words) |
| Jacob Zeilin was born in Philadelphis and joined the Marine Corps in 1831. |
| Zeilin served in the Mexican War and led a group of Marines at Santa Barbara and San Pedro. |
| This means that Zeilin kept his rank and his successor was given the lower rank. |
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