ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT AND CAPTURE OF MOUNT SURIBACHI ON IWO JIMA, VOLCANO ISLANDS, AS A MEMBER OF THE ASSAULT SQUAD, 3RD PLATOON, EASY COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH MARINES, 5TH MARINE DIVISION, AS OF 19 FEBRUARY 1945 AND WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION BY A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT LEG AS OF 14 MARCH 1945, AND TRANSFERRED TO A NAVY HOSPITAL SHIP. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL 19 APRIL 1945. HE RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE 24 OCTOBER 1945 AT U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND RETURNED HOME.