Date of birth:

October 3rd, 1918 (Buffalo/NY, United States)

Date of death:

February 13th, 1967 (Granada Hills/CA, United States)

Nationality:

American

Achieved the rank of Major. He enlisted as an 18 year old and worked his way through the ranks.

He was left a quadriplegic and eventually passed away from his service connected injuries that he received in Tarawa during WWII.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Unit:

3rd Tank Platoon, Company C, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division "The Silent Second", U.S. Marine Corps

For Conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. Largey fought his tanks well within enemy lines until three were destroyed and the fourth caught fire. He organized the crews of his destroyed tanks and led them back to his unit through enemy lines, exhibiting outstanding leradership and courage. While under heavy fire he salvaged ammunition from a disabled tank on the reef, giving smallarms ammunition to an infantry unit and rearming his one remaining tank with heavy shells. Largey maintained conspicuous gallantry, intrepidity, and conscientious devotion to duty with utter disregard for his own personal safety.

• Photo 1: Gerald Potts
• - Hammel, E. & Lane, J.E., Bloody Tarawa – The 2nd Marine Division, November 20-23, 1943, Zenith Press, St. Paul, USA, 2006
  - Tarawa on the web.org
  - Rose Lynn Largey Zavala (daughter)