Martin Clemens

Major Warren Frederick Martin Clemens was a Scottish colonial administrator and military officer. In late 1941 and early 1942, while serving as a District Officer in the Solomon Islands, he helped prepare the area for eventual resistance to Japanese occupation. His additional duties as a coastwatcher alerted the Allies to Japanese plans to build an airstrip on Guadalcanal. This resulted in Allied carrier raids and eventually a landing by United States forces and the beginning of the epic struggle in the Solomons. Clemens then directly served the U.S. Marines in coordinating intelligence on Japanese activities.

17 April 1915

Born on the same birth date (17 April 1915): Joe Foss • Regina Ghazaryan

Born on the same birth day (17 April): Afrika Bambaataa • Augustus Edward Hough Love • Ben Barnes (Texas politician) • Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre • Collin McKinney • Curtis Woodhouse • Hanna Pakarinen • Helenio Herrera • Joe Foss • Johann David Heinichen • Ken Daneyko • Liz Phair • Pekka Vasala • Raffaele Palladino • Ronald Hamowy • Tyron Woodley • William Holden

Born in the same month (April 1915): Arnold Alexander Hall • Billie Holiday • Daniel Johnson Sr. • Harry Morgan • Henry H. Barschall • Henry Kuttner • Ivan Supek • Joe Foss • Joy Davidman • Leo Vroman • Louis Archambault • O. W. Fischer • Piet de Jong • Regina Ghazaryan • Robert Speck (politician) • Stanley Adams (actor) • Tadeusz Kantor • İhsan Doğramacı