World War II Honoree

Arthur Sydney Waldron, II

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Stillwater, New Jersey

Honored By

John Peterson

HE RE-ENTERED THE MILITARY WITH THE SIXTH MARINE DIVISION AND WAS SENT TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1945, THE SIXTH ENTERED THE GREATEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC AT OKANAWA WHERE THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS INVASION IN HISTORY WAS MET BY THE LARGEST KAMIKAZE ATTACK IN HISTORY. THE FIERCE BATTLE LASTED ALMOST 90 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF CONTINUOUS HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT AND ARTILLERY ASSAULTS. THE SIXTH SUFFERED 80 CASUALTIES. HE WAS HIGHLY DECORATED FOR HIS ACTION IN COMBAT.