World War II Honoree

Gerald A. Osborne

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 THE MARINE CORPS BASE, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; AND THE MARINE BARRACKS AT CAMP PENDLETON AT OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING AT HILO, HAWAII; AND ON IWO JIMA IN THE BONIN ISLANDS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH 1 BRONZE STAR FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR (1 CAMPAIGN), 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.