World War II Honoree

Simond D. 'S. D.' Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO AND CAMP PENDLETON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN NEW ZEALAND, ON TARAWA ATOLL IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, IN HAWAII, ON SAIPAN AND TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND ON OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.