World War II Honoree

Anthony Frank Musolino

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Aldie, Virginia

Honored By

Wesley Fisher

Relationship

Grandson

ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS AT AGE 17 IN SEPTEMBER OF 1944. HE WENT TO BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA. AFTER HE GOT OUT OF BOOT CAMP HE WENT OVER SEAS TO SERVE IN THE PACIFIC WAR THE FIRST PLACE HE WENT WAS HAWAII TO SEE PEARL HARBOR AFTER THE ATTACK. IT WAS IN RUINS. HE WALKED AROUND AND SAW THE WRECKAGE OF ALL OF THE SHIPS AND PLANES THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED. THE NEXT PLACE HE WENT TO WAS THE ISLAND OF SAIPAN, A SMALL ISLAND OFF OF JAPAN. HE GUARDED THE ISLAND WHICH WAS IN AMERICAN CONTROL AFTER THE BATTLE OF SAIPAN IN 1944. THEN HE WAS SENT TO THE ISLAND OF GUAM, WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS DURING THE WAR. HE GUARDED THE ISLAND IN CASE OF AN ATTACK. THE LAST PLACE HE WENT WAS WAKE ISLAND. THAT WAS WHERE HE WAS WHEN THE BOMBS DROPPED AND THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. IN AUGUST OF 1946 A YEAR AFTER THE WAR ENDED AFTER HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE UNITED STATES MARINES CORPS AT THE RANK OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.