World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JUNE 9, 1944 AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, WITH FURTHER TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE CLEVELAND-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER USS DULUTH CL-87. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON MAY 26, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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World War II
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON JUNE 9, 1944 AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS, WITH FURTHER TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE CLEVELAND-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER USS DULUTH CL-87. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON MAY 26, 1946 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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