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Note: Full birth certificate: mother's name spelled "Callahan"; 2d of 2 children born, both alive; both parents born in DC; father is 34, mother is 31; father's a machinist, mother a housewife; place of birth: 25 "Vie??" in Trenton, NJ
US Census 1920 DC 7 ED 222 Sheet 7A Line 18-21
Dwelling 106 family 147
234 G St SE
Clarence Langley head 43 m,DC MD DC, machinst; terminal
Catherine wife 39 m, DC DC PA,
Clarence son 18 s, DC DC DC, clerk: terminal
Edward son 8, NJ DC DC
US Census 1930 DC ED 118 Sh 1B 5th Precinct Ward 27 Tract 65 lines 69-73
Dwelling 7 Family 22
Langley, Clarence E, head, 52, age at 1st marr. 23, DC DC MD, machinist RR,
Catherine J, wife, 49, age at 1st marr. 19,, DC DC PA,
Edward A, son, 18, DC DC DC ,
Mary C, dau, 10, DC DC DC,
Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 about Edward A Langley
Gender: Male Spouse's name: Sara J Langley
Divorce Date: Jul 1965 County: Monroe Certificate Number: 13813
Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 about Edward Anthony Langley
Marriage Date: Aug 1965 County of Marriage: Monroe
Volume: 2343
Certificate: 31500
Source: Florida Department of Healt
Adjutant of GPO American Legion Post 33 at time of Death
Residence at death: Mt. Ranier, MD
Funeral from: Nalley Funeral Home, 3200 Rhode Island Ave, at Eastern Ave NE,
Military honor guard present
Individual: Langley, Edward; Social Security #: 577-52-9967; Issued: DC
Birth date: Jul 11, 1911; Death date: Feb 27, 1972
MILITARY: 31st USN CB at Iwo Jima
31ST BATTALION HISTORY
After activation at Davisville Oct. 9, 1942, the 31st NCB shipped out for Bermuda by way of Norfolk Dec. 3 of that year. For the next ten months, the outfit worked on Bermuda, returning home in October 1943. After 11 months in the States, during which time the 31st was at Davisville and Hueneme, it shipped out to Hilo, Hawaii, arriving Oct. 8, 1944. The Battalion was immediately attached to the Fifth Marine Division and from Dec. 24 to Jan. 7, the Battalion boarded various ships for transfer to target area. The Battalion went into action at Iwo Jima with the Fifth Marine Division. After the island was secured, the 31st was detached from the Marines and transferred over to the 41st Construction Regiment, where it built the winding road to the top of Mt. Suribachi. At war's end, the 31st was still on duty on that island. Following the surrender the Battalion was moved to Omura, Japan.
What was needed after the successful Marianas campaign was an emergency landing field much closer to the Japanese homeland that would service crippled bombers returning from raids and enable shorter- ranged fighter planes to accompany the giant bombers to their targets. The island chosen for this purpose was Iwo Jima, scene of some of the most savage fighting of the war. On 19 February 1945, the Fifth Amphibious Corps, which included the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion and elements of the 31st Naval Construction Battalion, hit the beaches. During the assault, the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion had the dubious honor of suffering more men killed or wounded than any other Seabee battalion in any previous or subsequent engagement. Although only minor construction was accomplished during the first ten days of the operation, the Seabees later built one crucial emergency landing field and fighter airstrips so desperately needed by the Allies.
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