Co. G., 145th Inf. Reg.
37th Inf. Div.
Pacific
World War II
S/Sgt. William "Buzz" Neikirk
Hagerstown, Maryland
Drafted February 1942
Discharged October 16, 1945

Interviews



Video
Part 1
Part 2


Stationed
Camp Willard, Ga.
Aukland, New Zealand
Figi Islands
Guadalcanal, Solomons
New Georgia Invasion
Bougainville (wounded)
Hospitals
Guadalcanal/New Haberdise/Hamilton Field/Martinsburg/Ft. Story/Ft. Meade
Camp Landing, Fla.
Wounded in action on Bougainville, July 29, 1944 in right hip/groin by bullet and grenade fragments during a frontal assault by Japanese forces on their network of bunkers.



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