World War II Honoree

Leonard A. Dale

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Mary Walther

Relationship

Self

DRAFTED INTO THE NAVY FEBRUARY 5, 1943. VOLUNTEERED TO THE MARINE CORPS SAME DATE. BOOT CAMP SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. DEPARTED EARLY MAY 1943 FOR OVERSEAS DUTY. SERVED ON TROOP SHIP IN MARSHALL ISLANDS, PREPARING FOR GUAM CAMPAIGN. LANDED IN GUAM D-DAY, 1943 AND THEN JOINED 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION, 3RD MARINES. SERVED IN GUAM FOR 19 MONTHS. DEPARTED FOR IWO JIMA, SERVED 31 DAYS. RETURNED TO GUAM HOME BASE. STARTED TRAINING FOR JAPAN. WAR DECLARED OVER AND RETURNED TO U.S. EARLY DECEMBER 1945. ARRIVED HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1945.