World War II Honoree

Edwin Ramsey

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Westwood, California

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AS AN OFFICER WITH THE 26TH CAVALRY REGIMENT DURING WWII. HE JOINED THE PHILIPPINE RESISTANCE AFTER GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR’S RETREAT IN 1942.HE STAYED BEHIND ENEMY LINES WITH THE RESISTANCE, ENDURING MALARIA, DYSENTERY AND AN APPENDECTOMY WITHOUT ANESTHESIA WHILE THE COUNTRY WAS UNDER JAPANESE CONTROL AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE GENERAL MACARTHUR THE STRAIGHT STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE RETURNED. FOR THIS HEROIC SERVICE HE WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM PERSONALLY BY GENERAL MACARTHUR.