World War II Honoree

Harry Frederick Wright

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

St. Clairsville, Ohio

Honored By

Wanda M. Wright & Marilyn S. Radke, M.D.

Relationship

Wife & Stepdaughter

ENLISTED IN HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AUGUST 3, 1943. TRAINED IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, AS A GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS. VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST THE MARINES ON IWO JIMA. IN IWO JIMA, HE BUILT AIRFIELDS, PICKED UP UNEXPLODED BOMBS, AND THREW BOMBS INTO CAVES TO EMPTY CAVES WHERE JAPANESE WERE HIDING. RECEIVED ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 STAR AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLE DISCHARGE MARCH 20, 1946.