World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Morton Achiron
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Bronx, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
Enlisted and became a Marine a week before his high school graduation in 1944. He was on active duty as a radio operator in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations in March of 1945 and participated in combat action on Iwo Jima.