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Major General James Lewis Day (October 5, 1925 – October 28, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps major general who served in World War II, in the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions as a corporal on May 14 to 17, 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
Details. Rank: Major General (Rank at action: Corporal) Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: 2d Battalion, 22d Marines, 6th Marine Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps. Medal of Honor Action Date: May 17, 1945. Medal of Honor Action Place: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Citation.
MAJOR GENERAL. JAMES LEWIS DAY, USMC (DECEASED) Medal of Honor Citation. James Lewis Day was born 5 October 1925, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943 and participated in combat action during World War II in the Marshall Islands, on Guam and on Okinawa, where he earned the Medal of Honor for heroism during the ...
Major General James L. Day, U.S. Marine Corps, became the last Medal of Honor recipient to be intered at Fort Rosecrans. Interestingly enough, awarded the Medal in 1998, General Day had to wait more than a half-century to receive this honor.
4 de nov. de 1998 · James L. Day, a former Marine Corps squad leader who belatedly won a Medal of Honor earlier this year for almost single-handedly killing more than 100 advancing Japanese at the height of the...
Corporal James L. Day, a rifle squad leader attached to Company F, 2d Battalion, 22d Marines, who had landed at Eniwetok and Guam earlier, couldn't believe his good luck: "I didn't hear a single shot all morning — it was unbelievable!"
21 de ene. de 1998 · President Bill Clinton presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to Major General James L. Day, a retired Marine who fought in the battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa in 1945.
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