Claim: Former U.S. Congressman, Barber Conable, born in Warsaw, New York in 1922, graduated from Cornell University before enlisting in the Marines and fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Evidence: Conable was born in Warsaw, New York on November 2, 1922. He graduated from Cornell University in 1942, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He then enlisted in the Marines and was sent to the Pacific front in World War II, where he learned to speak Japanese and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Conable retired from the House in 1984. Fred Eckert (1922-11-02)November 2, 1922
Warsaw, New York, U.S. Cornell University (BA, LLB)