World War II Honoree

Joseph Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Detriot, Michigan

Honored By

Jayne Shelton

Relationship

Daughter

SERGEANT. SERVED AS A SQUAD COMMANDER AT GUADALCANAL. THE HIGH SWORD GRASS CAUGHT FIRE FROM THE MORTARS THROWN BY THE JAPANESE, KILLING MOST OF THE MEN IN HIS PLATOON. SERVED AT NAHA, OKINAWA, WHERE HE LOST HIS BEST BUDDY. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY AT THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES IN THE AREA OF TSINGTAO, CHINA OCTOBER 25, 1945 WITH THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION.