World War II Honoree

Carl Newton Wood

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Granite Bay, California

Honored By

Belinda J. Hussey

Relationship

Daughter

JULY 18, 1944 TO MARCH 19, 1945 MARSHALL ISLANDS. MARCH 24-26, 1945, SAIPAN. APRIL 2, 1945 TO SEPTEMBER 1945, OKINAWA. SEPTEMBER 7, 1945 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1945, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. NOVEMBER 19, 1945 TO DECEMBER 4, 1945 EN ROUTE TO U.S., ARRIVED DECEMBER 5, 1945. PARTICIPATED IN BOMBING MISSION OVER EMIDG ISLAND, JALUIT ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS, NOVEMBER 27-29, 1944. PARTICIPATED IN INVASION OF OKINAWA, APRIL 2, 1945. PARTICIPATED IN DEFENSE OF YONTAN FIELD, OKINAWA APRIL 4-29, 1945, DURING JAPANESE AIR STRAFING AND BOMBING AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS. PARTICIPATED IN DEFENSE OF YONTAN FIELD, OKINAWA AGAINST JAPANESE AIRBORNE TROOPS, APRIL 24-25, 1945. SERVED WITH SIXTH ARMY IN THE OCCUPATION OF YOKOSUKA, JAPAN FROM SEPTEMBER 7, 1945 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1945.