WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Lynn Fuss Williams

Entered Service: September 8, 1942.

Branch of Service: US Marine Corps.

Trained at: N.P.F.S. Iowa City, Iowa; Naval Air Station, Minneapolis; Naval Air Station, Pensacola; Naval Air Station, Miami; Marine Air Station, North Carolina; Marine Air Station, Mojave, California; Marine Air Station, Santa Barbara; Naval Air Station, San Diego; Pacific Theatre; Marine Air Station, El Toro; M.C.S. and Marine Air Station, Quantico, Virginia.  

Overseas: May 1945.

Theatre of Operation: Pacific

Engagements: Okinawa. Air strip on Japanese Mainland. Action with the 5th fleet.

Medals Earned: Air Medal, Presidential Unit Citation. 

Returned to U.S.:  March 1946.

Rank: First Lieutenant

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