George Heron - WWII Veteran

George Heron served as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy in Africa, Italy and the Pacific during World War II.

PHM1C - LST 609 - APA 28 Charles Carroll

Hometown: Salamanca, New York

These are the stories of the veterans of Western New York as told in their own voices.

Duration: 01:14:07

George talks about ...

1. Preface
2. CC Camps
3. Enlistment
4. Training
5. North Africa
6. Norfolk, NA
7. Deployment
8. Torpedo
9. Sicily
10. Solerno
11. Sicily
12. Donald Blacksnake
13. LST 609
14. Sightseeing 7th
15. MacArthur!
16. Kamikazes
17. Five Minutes
18. Mountain Guns
19. Coral Road
20. Okinawa
21. 2nd Citation
22. Disease
23. Medical Alcohol
24. Penicillin
25. Going Home

Credits

Interviewer: Vince Oliverio
Project: "WWII: The Stories of the Veterans of Western New York" on Vince's YouTube Channel.