Manuel Schneidmiller was a Marine officer who served during WWII. He was with the "Second Amphibian Tractor Battalion". His war battle theatres included Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa and Okinawa. His medals included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation (2 Devices), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (3 Devices for Amphibious Landings) and World War II Victory Medal. In 1946 he was discharged at Farragut, Idaho and later joined the Marine Corp Reserve from which he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.