Symbolism in a coat of arms

[TheFiend]

 

[AmericanViking]

Oh yeah, my G-G-Grandfather may have potentially been in NZ after participating at Guadalcanal.
(*according to the official narratives regarding the overall accounts of USMC units arriving here.)

Hopefully he wasn't one of the 900 casualties slaughtered by japs at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands (*Kiribati).

That has entered my mind as well. Those killed may be a good start. Many times you can find the pictures of them