Veteran of Service on Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, The Marshalls and The Gilbert Islands with the Marine in World War II, M/Sgt. Joseph F. Gonzales Sr., Parish Road, Chalmette, is engineering Chief of VMF-143, The Marine Air Reserve Unit recently recalled to active duty at the Naval Air Station on the Lakefront. Gonzales, married with one son, was employed as a parts man at the Ford Plant at Arabi, His wife is the former Bernice Cazzetta.

Photo is dated 1951.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10 inches.