World War II Honoree

Norman G. Albert

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Shirley, Massachusetts

Honored By

Charles B. Church III

ENTERED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FROM SHIRLEY, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1944. BASIC TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. WENT TO CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA FOR INFANTRY TRAINING; QUANTICO, VIRGINIA FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL; DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA FOR GUARD DUTY; AND CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA FOR ADVANCED TRAINING. SERVED WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN CHINA TO DISARM JAPANESE SOLDIERS AND RETURN THEM TO JAPAN. LATER, STILL IN CHINA, SERVED NINE MONTHS AS BUFFER FORCES BETWEEN CHINESE COMMUNISTS AND CHINESE NATIONALIST TROOPS TO KEEP THEM FROM FIGHTING EACH OTHER. MARINE CONVOYS REPEATEDLY ATTACKED BY THE COMMUNIST CHINESE DURING THIS PERIOD. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL. AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1946.