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John Watson

Pacific Theater of Operations; United States Marine Corps – 1941-1946John Watson

  • Father was a Marine Corps general
  • Enlisted six days before the attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Assigned to the 6th Marine Division, artillery regiment
  • Flown to Okinawa by Hollywood actor Tyrone Power
  • In Guam preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended
  • Part of the occupation force in China

 

 

 

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