World War II Honoree

Frank Lewis Weldon

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Champaign, Illinois

Honored By

Eugene Houser

Relationship

Friend

BOOT TRAINING, CAMP PENDLETON. INVASION TRAINING, MAUI. WAS ON AN LST 51 DAYS TO THE MARIANA ISLANDS. INVADED IWO JIMA, 5 FEBRUARY 1945; RIFLE COMPANY, 250TH MARINES. AFTER 31 DAYS OF HEAVY ENCOUNTERS, HE WAS ONE OF 34 SURVIVORS. AS HE WAS DIGGING A MORTAR PLACEMENT, HE STRUCK A METAL OBJECT. CLEARED THE AREA OF PERSONNEL DISCOVERED NO MINE. RETURNED TO THE STATES VIA TROOP SHIP WITH CASUALTIES. DISCHARGED AT MARINE TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, 4 APRIL 1946.