World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Edward Muller
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
Honored By
Nancy Mednik
Relationship
Daughter
1st Marine Division. South Pacific. Invasion of Okinawa; Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945. Commanded landing craft; transporting invasion commanders from ship to beach and wounded and dead back to ship. Volunteered to transport medical teams to nearby lepers island post invasion. Commanded a tank nicknamed 'The St. Louis Blues' and was in China for the Japanese surrender.