World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John P. Edson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Honored By
Mrs. Florence A. Edson
Relationship
Wife
Stationed aboard USS New Orleans at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Subsequent service in South Pacific, USS Mojaba, sunk off Guadalcanal, November 1942. Almost died of malaria. Sent to Naval Hospital, San Francisco. Discharged November 1943.