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608 Heavy Artillery Gunner

The June 1945 manual lists SSN 845 as the suggested reclassification for SSN 608, Heavy Artillery Gunner, subject to review of each Marine’s Qualification Card against the job specifications. The other starred suggestions belong to the separate earlier title Gun Pointer, not Heavy Artillery Gunner.

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Heavy Artillery Gunner

Heavy Artillery Gunner appears as the June 1944 tentative-manual title. June 1945 is the publication date of the manual recommending reclassification; no effective date is given for this change.

  • The double-asterisk notation links Heavy Artillery Gunner specifically to 845; it does not establish an automatic conversion.
  • The June 1945 Present Title entry for 608 is blank, so it does not establish a retained or renamed specialty under that number.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the June 1944 tentative-manual column: Heavy Artillery Gunner. Suggested conversions/remarks, as printed: *601, *603, *845, *864, **845. The double-asterisk suggestions apply to Heavy Artillery Gunner; the single-asterisk suggestions apply to the separate AR 615-26 title Gun Pointer. Only the double-asterisk alternatives are assigned to this event. These are suggested reclassifications subject to individual Qualification Card and job-specification review, not automatic or present-day equivalents. The table gives no row-level calendar effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an inferred individual conversion date.

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Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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