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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Gaylan S. Olson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Honored By

Scott P. Olson

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Entered service June 1943. Attended boot camp at Sandpoint, Idaho. Temporarily assigned to San Francisco Bay Area base, then Pearl City, Hawaii. Transported via liberty ship USS Kit Carson from Hawaii to Saipan Island, Mariana Islands, where he spent 1 1/2 years with small harbor unit as a coxswain. Discharged early 1946.