World War II Honoree

Everett S. Murray

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Richland Springs, Texas

Honored By

Suzanne Murray Marks

Relationship

Daughter

JOINED THE U.S. NAVY IN LATE 1943. HAVING BEEN A PHARMACIST IN CIVILIAN LIFE, NATURALLY BECAME A PHARMACIST'S MATE IN THE NAVY. LATER, WAS TRANSFERRED TO U.S. MARINES. ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1945, AS A CORPSMAN IN THE 4TH MARINE DIVISION, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL HOLLAND SMITH, STORMED ASHORE ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.