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Medal Of Honor Recipient Harry Martin was a First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. At the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as platoon leader attached to Company C, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 5th Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 26 March 1945. With […]
Walter K. Singleton was a Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division. He earned the Congressional Medal Of Honor for his daring attack on enemy forces. Sgt. Singleton’s company was conducting combat operations when the lead platoon received intense small arms, automatic weapons, rocket, and mortar fire from a […]
It’s not often that we hear of WWII veteran making it over 100 years old. Navy Veteran James “Jim” Knudson passed away on St. Patrick’s Day at the age 102. Born in Minneapolis he made his home in the Ettrick area. He enlisted at 18 and attended Northwestern. This helped him earn the rank of […]
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