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Published September 01, 2011, 10:12 PM

Windom's Meyers delivered troops to shore via landing craft in World War II

Marine steered into Saipan, Okinawa invasions
WINDOM — While many young men in the early 1940s waited for Uncle Sam to come calling with draft papers, there were a fair share who volunteered — some stepping up even before they could legally sign their name on enlistment papers.

By: Julie Buntjer, Worthington Daily Globe

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