MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
General James Lewis Day, USMC
Interestingly enough, awarded the Medal in 1998, General Day had to wait more than a half-century to receive this honor for heroism on Okinawa in World War II. The paperwork for his medal was lost in the chaos of the battlefield only resurfaced again in 1980 when a retired Marine found faded carbon copies of the recommendation among his World War II memorabilia. It took an 18 more years before the paperwork finally reached the appropriate officials. Major General James L. Day, USMC (Ret.) was awarded the Medal on January 20, 1998.
