World War II Honoree

Sherman B. Watson

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Honored By

George Weck

Relationship

Friend

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A MEMBER OF COMPANY K, 3RD PARACHUTE BATTALION ON BOUGAINVILLE AND LATER SERVED WITH COMPANY F, 28TH MARINES ON IWO JIMA, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE CHEST BY MORTAR FRAGMENTS AND EVACUATED. ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 23, 1945, HE LED A 4 MAN PATROL TO THE TOP OF MOUNT SURIBACHI, WHERE THE JAPANESE DID NOT RESIST. HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT.