World War II Honoree

Elmer J. Nicklas, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Glenshaw, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Family

SERVED 12 MONTHS WITH THE NAVY AND 30 MONTHS WITH THE MARINE CORPS AS A PILOT WITH THE FLYING KANGAROOS WHOSE PLANES WERE USED TO BRING SUPPLIES TO U.S. TROOPS ON ISLANDS THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC AND TO EVACUATE WOUNDED MARINES. CITATION: 'UPON RECOGNITION OF HEROISM AND EXTRAORDINARY AND MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN AERIAL FLIGHTS DURING OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY JAPANESE FORCES IN THE SOLOMON, CAROLINE AND MARIANA ISLAND AREAS, DURING 1944 AND 1945, WITH THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, GOLD STAR IN LIEU OF A SECOND DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL AND GOLD STARS IN LIEU OF A SECOND THROUGH SEVENTH AIR MEDAL WITH CITATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.'