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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Profiles Spring-Summer 2013 HFDFW


 

Delmar enlisted in the U.S.Army because his brother had recently been drafted. He went in on the buddy system along with his brother. He was inducted on June 6, 1944, the date of the invasion of Normandy by the Allies.

He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division after basic training. This division was activated on July 1, 1940. It arrived overseas on April 24, 1943 and saw 208 days of combat. Some of the campaigns the division was involved in were the Aleutian Islands, Leyte, Eastern Mandates and Ryukyus in the Philippines.

As a rifleman, squad leader and platoon sergeant, Delmar served with the 184th Infantry Regiment in the southern Philippines, and was on occupation duty in Korea after the Japanese surrendered.

Delmar was awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf cluster, Good Conduct medal, the Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal with 2 battle stars and 1 spearhead. Along with these he received the Philippine Liberation medal, Army Occupation medal with Japan device, Victory medal, Combat Infantry Badge and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.

Delmar was discharged on January 3, 1946 with the rank of Staff Sergeant.  
  

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