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): Alain Poher • Chris Thompson (runner) • Fabián Vargas • Hongseok • Joan Lorring • Johann David Heinichen • John McCririck • Josif Pančić • Lela Rochon • Marquis Grissom • Muttiah Muralitharan • Nicolas François de Neufchâteau • Takahiro Moriuchi • Tsutomu Wakamatsu

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