World War II Honoree

David Myers Creamer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bellaire, Ohio

SERVED AS A COMBAT SURGEON IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR AND SAVED MANY LIVES. HE WORKED AS A SURGEON BEHIND THE 77TH ARMY INFANTRY DIV., IX (9TH) CORPS. AMONG THE MANY ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC HE WAS AT INCLUDED HAWAII, THEN GUAM, AND THEN TO LEYTE AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AMONG OTHERS. HE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES WORKING LITERALLY AT THE FRONT LINE UNDER ENEMY FIRE AND EARNED THE BRONZE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL W/ ONE BATTLE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL W/ THREE BATTLE STARS AND AN ARROWHEAD, AMERICAN THEATER, AMERICAN DEFENSE AND VICTORY RIBBON. SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1941-1945 AND WAS DISCHARGED AS A MAJOR IN NOVEMBER, 1945.