Soldier Details
Division:
Marine Corps
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K Co 27th Mar 5th Div
Theater of Operation:
Pacific
Served:
Nov 20, 1942
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Jan 7, 1946
Honored By:
Wife Eda Mae Murphree
Biography
I served in the South Pacific. I was wounded on Iwo Jima and was there when the flag was raised. I knew Ira Hayes who was one of the flag raisers. When the war ended I went to Japan for Occupation Duty. I left Japan on December 7, 1945 for Camp Pendleton, California, where I was discharged on January 7, 1946.