Thanks to contributor c for the following:
Pearl Harbor Survivor who worked diligently to have a portion of Hwy 63 designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. He also served on the committee for the General Omar N. Bradley statue in Rothwell park. Charles "C. O." lectured at schools, rode in parades, gave numerous interviews, wrote a book about his experiences and was a member of the Bazan-Bailey Post 6 American Legion in Moberly, Missouri where a model of The Battleship Missouri he assembled is displayed.
During the war, he was a high-speed radio operator in the artillery section of the 25th Division Headquarters Battery. He served in five major battles: Hawaiian Islands (Attack on Pearl Harbor), Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Northern Solomon Island, Philippine Liberation Campaign (Luzon). His unit was awarded five Bronze Stars. He was one of several brave volunteers who laid a telephone line to subordinate artillery units through an area with hostile sniper fire on New Georgia Island.
Because of this meritorious action, his commanding officer completed paperwork which never caught up to his fast-moving division. Due to army records being burned during a protest in St. Louis, the documentation was lost. He also helped to establish and was an instructor in the first radio school for the 8th, 64th, 89th and 90th artillery battalions on Guadalcanal.
He loved his wife, Laura, his family and was grateful for every day of life and made it fun. May he rest in peace.
Pearl Harbor Survivor who worked diligently to have a portion of Hwy 63 designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. He also served on the committee for the General Omar N. Bradley statue in Rothwell park. Charles "C. O." lectured at schools, rode in parades, gave numerous interviews, wrote a book about his experiences and was a member of the Bazan-Bailey Post 6 American Legion in Moberly, Missouri where a model of The Battleship Missouri he assembled is displayed.
During the war, he was a high-speed radio operator in the artillery section of the 25th Division Headquarters Battery. He served in five major battles: Hawaiian Islands (Attack on Pearl Harbor), Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Northern Solomon Island, Philippine Liberation Campaign (Luzon). His unit was awarded five Bronze Stars. He was one of several brave volunteers who laid a telephone line to subordinate artillery units through an area with hostile sniper fire on New Georgia Island.
Because of this meritorious action, his commanding officer completed paperwork which never caught up to his fast-moving division. Due to army records being burned during a protest in St. Louis, the documentation was lost. He also helped to establish and was an instructor in the first radio school for the 8th, 64th, 89th and 90th artillery battalions on Guadalcanal.
He loved his wife, Laura, his family and was grateful for every day of life and made it fun. May he rest in peace.
Thanks to contributor c for the following:
Pearl Harbor Survivor who worked diligently to have a portion of Hwy 63 designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. He also served on the committee for the General Omar N. Bradley statue in Rothwell park. Charles "C. O." lectured at schools, rode in parades, gave numerous interviews, wrote a book about his experiences and was a member of the Bazan-Bailey Post 6 American Legion in Moberly, Missouri where a model of The Battleship Missouri he assembled is displayed.
During the war, he was a high-speed radio operator in the artillery section of the 25th Division Headquarters Battery. He served in five major battles: Hawaiian Islands (Attack on Pearl Harbor), Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Northern Solomon Island, Philippine Liberation Campaign (Luzon). His unit was awarded five Bronze Stars. He was one of several brave volunteers who laid a telephone line to subordinate artillery units through an area with hostile sniper fire on New Georgia Island.
Because of this meritorious action, his commanding officer completed paperwork which never caught up to his fast-moving division. Due to army records being burned during a protest in St. Louis, the documentation was lost. He also helped to establish and was an instructor in the first radio school for the 8th, 64th, 89th and 90th artillery battalions on Guadalcanal.
He loved his wife, Laura, his family and was grateful for every day of life and made it fun. May he rest in peace.
Pearl Harbor Survivor who worked diligently to have a portion of Hwy 63 designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. He also served on the committee for the General Omar N. Bradley statue in Rothwell park. Charles "C. O." lectured at schools, rode in parades, gave numerous interviews, wrote a book about his experiences and was a member of the Bazan-Bailey Post 6 American Legion in Moberly, Missouri where a model of The Battleship Missouri he assembled is displayed.
During the war, he was a high-speed radio operator in the artillery section of the 25th Division Headquarters Battery. He served in five major battles: Hawaiian Islands (Attack on Pearl Harbor), Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Northern Solomon Island, Philippine Liberation Campaign (Luzon). His unit was awarded five Bronze Stars. He was one of several brave volunteers who laid a telephone line to subordinate artillery units through an area with hostile sniper fire on New Georgia Island.
Because of this meritorious action, his commanding officer completed paperwork which never caught up to his fast-moving division. Due to army records being burned during a protest in St. Louis, the documentation was lost. He also helped to establish and was an instructor in the first radio school for the 8th, 64th, 89th and 90th artillery battalions on Guadalcanal.
He loved his wife, Laura, his family and was grateful for every day of life and made it fun. May he rest in peace.
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