Pvt. John B. Abt who was killed May 4 on Okinawa. Overseas since November 1944. John was killed by small arms fire. He was initially buried at Okinawa 1st Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa, but re-interred on 03/08/1949 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abt, 8530 S. Aberdeen St. Chicago. John attended Mt. Carmel high school and Mt. Carmel seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont., for three years graduating with February Class of 1944. He involved in Intramural basketball and handball.
Besides his parents four brothers, Martin, Sergeant Philip, Private Charles, and Corp. Thomas Abt, and two sisters, Rosemary and Betty Abt, survive him.
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abt, 8530 S. Aberdeen St. Chicago. John attended Mt. Carmel high school and Mt. Carmel seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont., for three years graduating with February Class of 1944. He involved in Intramural basketball and handball.
Besides his parents four brothers, Martin, Sergeant Philip, Private Charles, and Corp. Thomas Abt, and two sisters, Rosemary and Betty Abt, survive him.
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.
Pvt. John B. Abt who was killed May 4 on Okinawa. Overseas since November 1944. John was killed by small arms fire. He was initially buried at Okinawa 1st Marine Division Cemetery on Okinawa, but re-interred on 03/08/1949 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abt, 8530 S. Aberdeen St. Chicago. John attended Mt. Carmel high school and Mt. Carmel seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont., for three years graduating with February Class of 1944. He involved in Intramural basketball and handball.
Besides his parents four brothers, Martin, Sergeant Philip, Private Charles, and Corp. Thomas Abt, and two sisters, Rosemary and Betty Abt, survive him.
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abt, 8530 S. Aberdeen St. Chicago. John attended Mt. Carmel high school and Mt. Carmel seminary in Niagara Falls, Ont., for three years graduating with February Class of 1944. He involved in Intramural basketball and handball.
Besides his parents four brothers, Martin, Sergeant Philip, Private Charles, and Corp. Thomas Abt, and two sisters, Rosemary and Betty Abt, survive him.
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland (coded Operation Downfall). Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army (the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th) and two Marine Divisions (the 1st and 6th) fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces.
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PVT 1 MARINES 1 MAR DIV
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