World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Earl Bruce Heilman
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Smithfield, Kentucky
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Relationship
A Grateful American
He enlisted in the US Marines at 17. When serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations, he nearly lost his life in a plane crash on Iwo Jima. He later walked through radiation-laced dust of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at war's end.