World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Calvin Wayne Atwood
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Bellows Falls, Vermont
Honored By
Edward Milford
Relationship
Archivist
Served from 1943 to 1946 in the Unites States Marine Corps. Served in Foreign Service with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division. Saw Action on Iwo Jima and was Wounded in Action. Later came to be known as "The Marine Poet",