Raymond Ickes, Secretary’s son, wounded on Iwo
Saturday, March 10, 1945
WASHINGTON (UP) – Lt. Raymond Wilmarth Ickes, 32, son of Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, was wounded on Iwo Jima where he was serving with the 3rd Marine Division, the Navy reported today.
Secretary Ickes’ office reported that Lt. Ickes suffered serious chest wounds last Wednesday when he was struck by shrapnel fragments. Lt. Ickes is reportedly still on Iwo Jima receiving emergency treatment.
His wife, Miralotta L. Ickes, lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Lt. Ickes joined the Marines as an enlisted man May 27, 1943. After boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he attended Officers’ Training School at Quantico, Virginia, where he received his commission February 9, 1944. Four months later, he went overseas with a replacement battalion.