World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph Donald Eddlemon
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Mascot, Tennessee
Honored By
Joseph Donald Eddlemon
ENTERED SERVICE OCTOBER 1941. BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND. AVIATION SCHOOL, 1942 JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION; AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA; FLEW AS FLIGHT ENGINEER WITH VN-15 ON CATALINA FLYING BOATS FALL OF 1942. JOINED DIVE BOMBING SQUADRON VMSB-151 JANUARY 1943 AS RADIO-GUNNER. FLEW REAR SEAT OF SBC HELLDIVER IN AMERICAN SAMOA. RECEIVED NEW SBD DAUNTLESS DIVE BOMBERS BEFORE SQUADRON MOVED TO WALLIS ISLAND. DID DETACHED DUTY ON FUNAFUTI. MOVED WITH VMSB-151 TO MARSHALL ISLANDS IN 1944. RETURNED TO STATES FROM ENGEBI, ENIWETOK ATOLL IN SPRING OF 1944. RETRAINED AND READY FOR RETURN TO PACIFIC OPERATIONS WHEN WAR ENDED.