World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Richard A. Adams Chesnut
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Teasdale, Utah
Honored By
John A. Chesnut
Relationship
Son
WAS ON A DESTROYER BASED AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941; HE SURVIVED THAT ATTACK. HE SERVED THE WHOLE WAR IN THE PACIFIC FLEET. LATTER IN THE WAR, HE SURVIVED WHEN HIS SHIP WAS SUNK BY A TORPEDO. HE WAS AT MANY OF THE LANDINGS OF THE SOLDIERS AND MARINES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC.