World War II Honoree

Wayne Chamberlin

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Washington, Iowa

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AND TRAINED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER FOR ENTRY-LEVEL 'BOOT CAMP' AND THEN ADVANCED SPECIALTY QUALIFICATION. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER FOR SOME 4 YEARS. PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE WAR AND TRAVELLED BY TRAIN TO THE WASHINGTON, IOWA DEPOT, ARRIVING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 1945. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.