World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Mahlon Eugene Gates
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Richard H. Gates, Sr.
Relationship
Nephew
LIEUTENANT COLONEL. SERVED IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER. HE WAS PART OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND MERRILL'S MARAUDERS. HAD LOST HIS 2 OLDER BROTHERS DURING WWII, AT WHICH TIME THE ARMY HAD REMOVED HIM FROM COMBAT AND ASSIGNED HIM TO THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.