World War II Honoree

Thomas D. Fulton, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Aspinwall, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Thomas D. Fulton, Jr.

Relationship

Self

SERVED AT WOODLARK ISLAND IN THE CORAL SEA, AUSTRALIA; 30 MONTHS OVERSEAS. RECEIVED PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM MANILA TO JAPAN. ENLISTED ON DECEMBER 9, 1942 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON JANUARY 3, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. HE SPENT TIME IN JAPAN AND TOOK OVER A HOSPITAL; THE UNIT WAS THE 364TH STATION HOSPITAL. THE DOCTORS CAME FROM PHILADELPHIA AS A UNIT. WHEN HE ARRIVED IN JAPAN THERE WAS NO ONE TO LET THEM OFF THE BOAT. IN AUGUST 1945 THE BOMB WAS DROPPED AND HE WAS SENT TO OKINAWA. AFTER THAT WAITED FOR A MONTH AND WAS SENT TO WAKANAMA. HE TRAVELED TO THE MIDDLE OF JAPAN TO TAKE OVER A HOSPITAL UNIT. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO BE IN THAT AREA. HE WAS ON WOODLARK ISLAND WHICH WAS AN EVACUATION HOSPITAL.