World War II Honoree

Andrew Richard Ambro

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENLISTED IN 1942 AT THE AGE OF 21. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. NEXT SENT TO CAMP PENDLETON IN JULY OF 1943. SHIPPED TO GUADALCANAL, SOUTH PACIFIC. WOUNDED ON GUAM AND AWARDED A PURPLE HEART. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON HIS 24TH BIRTHDAY. LANDED ON IWO JIMA, WOUNDED AGAIN, AND RECEIVED THE GOLD STAR. TRANSFERRED TO A NAVAL HOSPITAL IN OREGON. DISCHARGED IN AUGUST 1945.