World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jason Clayborn Crotty
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Leonard Anthony Richardson III
Relationship
Friend
'JAY' SERVED WITH THE 3RD MARINE DIVISION, FOX 221, ON GUADACANAL, THEN GUAM, AND FINALLY ON IWO JIMA. HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TWO WEEKS INTO THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY A .50 CALIBER JAPANESE MACHINE GUN IN A SECTION THAT THE MARINES HAD NAMED 'THE MEAT GRINDER'.