World War II Honoree

Marshall Harlan Austin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Eldorado, Colorado

Honored By

Sarah Jane Austin, Mart & Bob

Relationship

Wife & Children

SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND STARTED SUBMARINE DUTY IN 1940. WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED, HE WAS ON SUBMARINE PATROL OFF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. LATER COMMANDED THE GATO CLASS SUBMARINE USS REDFIN SS-272 IN 1944. CONDUCTED FIVE WAR PATROLS THAT INCLUDED LAYING MINES, LANDING GUERRILLAS AND PICKING-UP THE EIGHT SURVIVORS OF THE SUBMARINE USS FLIER SS-250. ALSO SUNK ONE JAPANESE DESTROYER AND SIX CARGO VESSELS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE U.S. NAVY CROSS, TWO SILVER STARS AND A BRONZE STAR. RETIRED AFTER OVER 20 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE AS A CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY.