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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Alton Lewis Edwards

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

San Angelo, Texas

Honored By

Joe Fields

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1944, TRAINED IN TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA. SERVED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND WAS WOUNDED IN IWO JIMA IN 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, AND THE PURPLE HEART. DISCHARGED IN 1945.