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.
No comments:
Post a Comment