SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - George E. Wahlen, the man for whom Salt Lake City's VA Hospital was named has passed away at 84.
Wahlen earned the Medal of Honor as a Navy Corpsman at the battle of Iwo Jima where he is credited for saving countless lives. He was injured on three separate occasions but refused to leave the battlefield. Many who witnessed his heroics remain dumbfounded he survived.
President Harry S. Truman presented the Medal of Honor to Mr. Wahlen in 1945.
He later re-enlisted in the United States Army, where he served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
He retired with the rank of Major. He then went on to a career with The Department of Veterans Affairs where he continued to serve for fourteen years.go here for more
VA hospital namesake, Medal of Honor recipient dies
