World War II Honoree

William J. Moore, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Walterboro, South Carolina

SERVED ABOARD USS BORUM DE-790. PARTICIPATED IN THE D-DAY INVASION JUNE 6, 1944. SHIP OPERATED IN AND AROUND THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND CHANNEL ISLANDS FROM MARCH 1944 UNTIL JUNE 6, 1945. POST D-DAY OPERATIONS INCLUDED OPERATION WITH PT BOATS IN CHANNEL ISLAND AREA TO CONTAIN GERMAN SHIPPING BETWEEN THESE ISLANDS AND THE MAINLAND. CAME UNDER HEAVY BOMBARDMENT FROM GERMAN SHORE BATTERIES ON ISLANDS. SHIP TOOK SEVERAL DIRECT HITS AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO SHIP AND INJURY TO SOME CREWMEN.