George Wahlen dies at 84; Navy corpsman treated the wounded on Iwo Jima

George Wahlen, who as a Navy pharmacist's mate during World War II tended to more than a dozen casualties on Iwo Jima while seriously wounded himself and who received the Medal of Honor for his actions, died Friday in Salt Lake City at the Veterans Affairs hospital named in his honor. He was 84 and had lung cancer.

June 10, 2009