USMCR World War II
Pvt. Ernest H. Ontiveros May 3 1945, KIA
Unit Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces
Hometown: San Pedro, Calif
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Ontiveros,
service# 955551
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here
Okinawa L-Day, 1 April 1945
In overcoming the sequential barriers of Awacha, Dakeshi, and Wana, the 1st Marine Division faced four straight weeks of hell. The funneling effects of the cliffs and draws reduced most attacks to brutal frontal assaults by fully-exposed tank-infantry-engineer teams. General del Valle characterized this small unit fighting as "a slugging match with but temporary and limited opportunity to maneuver."
When the 1st Marine Division reached the coast near Itoman it represented the first time in more than a month that the division had access to the sea. This helped relieve the Old Breed's extended supply lines.
Pvt. Ernest H. Ontiveros May 3 1945, KIA
Unit Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces
Hometown: San Pedro, Calif
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Ontiveros,
service# 955551
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here
Okinawa L-Day, 1 April 1945
In overcoming the sequential barriers of Awacha, Dakeshi, and Wana, the 1st Marine Division faced four straight weeks of hell. The funneling effects of the cliffs and draws reduced most attacks to brutal frontal assaults by fully-exposed tank-infantry-engineer teams. General del Valle characterized this small unit fighting as "a slugging match with but temporary and limited opportunity to maneuver."
When the 1st Marine Division reached the coast near Itoman it represented the first time in more than a month that the division had access to the sea. This helped relieve the Old Breed's extended supply lines.
USMCR World War II
Pvt. Ernest H. Ontiveros May 3 1945, KIA
Unit Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces
Hometown: San Pedro, Calif
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Ontiveros,
service# 955551
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here
Okinawa L-Day, 1 April 1945
In overcoming the sequential barriers of Awacha, Dakeshi, and Wana, the 1st Marine Division faced four straight weeks of hell. The funneling effects of the cliffs and draws reduced most attacks to brutal frontal assaults by fully-exposed tank-infantry-engineer teams. General del Valle characterized this small unit fighting as "a slugging match with but temporary and limited opportunity to maneuver."
When the 1st Marine Division reached the coast near Itoman it represented the first time in more than a month that the division had access to the sea. This helped relieve the Old Breed's extended supply lines.
Pvt. Ernest H. Ontiveros May 3 1945, KIA
Unit Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces
Hometown: San Pedro, Calif
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Teofilo Ontiveros,
service# 955551
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here
Okinawa L-Day, 1 April 1945
In overcoming the sequential barriers of Awacha, Dakeshi, and Wana, the 1st Marine Division faced four straight weeks of hell. The funneling effects of the cliffs and draws reduced most attacks to brutal frontal assaults by fully-exposed tank-infantry-engineer teams. General del Valle characterized this small unit fighting as "a slugging match with but temporary and limited opportunity to maneuver."
When the 1st Marine Division reached the coast near Itoman it represented the first time in more than a month that the division had access to the sea. This helped relieve the Old Breed's extended supply lines.
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