World War II Honoree

Seymour 'Sy' Fisher

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Bronx, New York

Honored By

Frieda

Relationship

Wife

LANCE CORPORAL. ASSIGNED TO BASIC TRAINING IN THE MARINE CORPS, PARRIS ISLAND. ASSIGNED TO CAMP PENDLETON, THE 5TH MARINE DIVISION, 27TH MARINE REGIMENT. SHIPPED TO THE PACIFIC ZONE. LANDED IN COMBAT AT IWO JIMA ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1945, AS THE FIRST WAVE STORMED ASHORE AT 0902. TROOPS ENCOUNTERED WITHERING ENEMY FIRE AND LAND MINES. THE IWO JIMA INVASION, WAS AIMED AT CAPTURING THE AIRFIELDS. THE UNIT WAS FIRST ORDERED TO CAPTURE MOUNT SURIBACHI. HE CARRIED A WOUNDED COMRADE TO SAFETY. A DAY OR TWO LATER, HE WAS WOUNDED IN THE HILLS OF MOUNT SURIBACHI. JAPANESE SOLDIERS DEFENDED THEIR POSITIONS TENACIOUSLY. OF THE 22,000 JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BATTLE 20,000 WERE KILLED AND ONLY 216 TAKEN PRISONER. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND RIFLE MARKSMAN BADGE.