World War II Honoree

Carl Edward Gruber

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Buffalo, New York

Honored By

Bruce, Don, Bill & Carleen

Relationship

Children

ENLISTED IN 1941; MARINE CORPS V-12 PROGRAM. DRILL INSTRUCTOR AT PARRIS ISLAND AFTER BOOT CAMP. APPOINTED TO OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT AS TOP MAN IN THE 50TH CLASS AT QUANTICO. SERVED OVERSEAS DUTY IN SOUTH PACIFIC AND CHINA WITH 3RD AND 6TH MARINES. COMMANDED A MORTAR PLATOON ON IWO JIMA AND SERVED IN THE MILITARY POLICE WHILE IN CHINA. SEPARATED FROM MARINE CORPS AS A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN 1946.