World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leland K. Neff
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Peoria, Illinois
Honored By
Luther A. Mountjoy
Relationship
Shipmate
SERVED IN U.S. NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS FORCES IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ON USS LST(H) 1033. PARTICIPATED IN INVASIONS OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA GUNTO, THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN AND CHINA.