Everett P. Pope
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 90 years 0 days (1080 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Major Everett Parker Pope (July 16, 1919 – July 16, 2009) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry on Peleliu in September 1944 while leading his men in an assault on a strategic hill, and for holding it, with rocks and bare fists when ammunition ran low, against Japanese suicide attacks.
Related People
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License