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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Richard Carroll Norman, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Lumberton, North Carolina

Honored By

Carol Norman Leether

Relationship

Daughter

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Activity During WWII

CORPORAL. SERVED AS A FOOT SOLDIER AND A MACHINE GUNNER IN THE PACIFIC FROM AUGUST OF 1941 UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1945. HE WITNESSED THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY AND FOUGHT AT GUADALCANAL. HE ALSO FOUGHT AT PELELIU, NEW GUINEA AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN THE MARINE CORPS FOLLOWING THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR.