Crisp-Turner County GaArchives Military Records.....STEWART, LT IRVING November 8, 1944 WWII - Rosters U.S. MARINE CORPS ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 August 30, 2011, 3:18 pm PELELIU ACTION INJURES OFFICER ASHBURN DR AND MRS .K. STEWART, OF ASHBURN, HAVE RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART AWARDED TO THEIR SON, LT IRVING H STEWART, OF THE MARINES. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED BY THE NAVY THAT LT STEWART WAS WOUNDED DURING THE CAMPAIGN ON PELELIU ISLAND AND ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL ON SEPT. 28. SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN IN A FLEET HOSPITAL ON THE SOLOMON ISLAND, BUT THE LATEST INFORMATION RECEIVED THIS WEEK INDICATES TAT LT. STEWARTHAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A BASE HOSPITAL. LT STEWART ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN MACON, AT PEARL STEPHENS AND LANIER. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GA.N JUNE 1943, AND WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE MARINES OCT. 20, AT QUANTICO, VA.. HE WENT OVERSEAS IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR. A BROTHER OF LT STEWART, WALLIS E STEWART, LIVES IN MACON AND IS EMPLOYED BY THE JOS. E . NEEL COMPANY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/military/ww2/rosters/stewart1574mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb