World War II Honoree

Floyd Lenord Hammon

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Hillsboro, Missouri

Honored By

Jackie Hammon

Relationship

Daughter

1ST MARINE DIVISION, 1ST TANK BATTALION, BAKER COMPANY. VOLUNTEERED FOR U.S. MARINE CORPS IN APRIL 1944. BOOT CAMP AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. RIFLE TRAINING AT CAMP MATHEWS, WHERE I SHOT 'EXPERT'. AFTER BOOT CAMP, WAS SENT TO JACQUES FARM FOR TANK TRAINING. THEN COMBAT TRAINING AT CAMP PENDLETON. SHIPPED OVERSEAS IN OCTOBER 1944 TO PAVUVU, SOLOMON ISLANDS. ASSIGNED TO 1ST MARINE DIVISION, 1ST TANK BATTALION, BAKER COMPANY. CONTINUED TANK TRAINING ON HOOPER'S PENINSULA. HIT THE BEACH ON MAY 1, 1945. FOUGHT 82 DAYS AND RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART. THEN SHIPPED TO NORTH CHINA IN SEPTEMBER 1945. LEFT CHINA FOR U.S. IN JANUARY 1946. DISCHARGED IN FEBRUARY 1946 AT SAN DIEGO.