Donald M. Carlton |
Donald M. Carlton, 2001 | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
Camp Fannin, Texas; Fort Ord, California; Fort Lawton, Washington; Honolulu, Leyte Island (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Korea
Technical Sergeant
St. Paul, MN
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Though he entered the military relatively late in the war, in July 1944, Army Technical
Sergeant Donald M. Carlton arrived in time to participate in the final and most prolonged
event of the Pacific Theater, the Battle of Okinawa. He recalls numerous instances of
close calls, but by the end of his time on the island, he had suffered only minor injuries
and a bout of dengue fever. Many of his comrades were not so lucky: Within two weeks
of landing on the island, thirteen of his squad's original fifteen men had been lost to
dysentery, severe injury, or death.
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