World War II Honoree

Isaac Earl Morrell

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Honored By

Robert A. Carver

Relationship

Grandson

IN 1944, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MARINE CORPS. HE WENT TO BOOT CAMP IN SAN DIEGO ASSIGNED TO PLATOON 632. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION IN THE 6TH PIONEER BATTALION. HE LEFT SAN DIEGO FOR GUADALCANAL WHERE THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION HAD FURTHER TRAINING AND THEN THEY WERE SENT TO GUAM TO PREPARE FOR THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. ON APRIL 1, 1945 HE LANDED WITH THE REST OF THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION AND FOUGHT WITH THE 6TH PIONEER BATTALION, B COMPANY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN HARRY B. SMITH. HE WAS SENT WITH TASK FORCE 31 AS A MEMBER OF THE TOKYO BAY OCCUPATION FORCE WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL LANDING AND OCCUPATION OF THE TOKYO BAY AREA AND THE CAPTURE OF THE BATTLESHIP HIJMS NAGATO ON AUGUST 30, 1945. AFTER THE TOKYO BAY SURRENDER CEREMONIES ENDED, HE WAS SENT TO TSINGTAO, CHINA FOR OCCUPATION DUTY THERE AS THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED THEIR GARRISON TO THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. HE REMAINED IN TSINGTAO UNTIL HIS ENLISTMENT WAS UP AND HE RETURNED HOME IN FEBRUARY OF 1946. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS.