World War II Honoree

John M. Fox

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Anaheim, California

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CAPTAIN. ENLISTED IN THE MARINES SPRING 1943. AFTER GRADUATING FROM BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA AND OFFICER'S CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, SERVED PRIMARILY IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE, MOSTLY WITH THE 2ND MARINE DIVISION. ALTHOUGH HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A MARINE LED RAID NEAR MARSEILLES, FRANCE IN LATE 1943. UPON ARRIVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE, SAW ACTION AT KWAJALEIN, SAIPAN, PELELIU AND OKINAWA. ALSO INVOLVED AT VARIOUS TIMES IN RECONNAISSANCE TYPE MISSIONS AT ENEMY HELD LOCATIONS. AFTER THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA ENDED, TRAINED FOR THE SCHEDULED INVASION OF JAPAN, PLANNED FOR LATE 1945 WHEN THE PACIFIC THEATRE WAR ABRUPTLY ENDED LATE SUMMER 1945 FOLLOWING THE ATOMIC BOMB ATTACKS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES, SHIPPED TO CHINA THEN JAPAN FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE BEING PERMITTED TO RETURN HOME IN EARLY 1946.