World War II Honoree

Eldon Brewer Wolever

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

White Cloud, Michigan

Honored By

SSgt Boyd Dakin

Relationship

Grandson

ENLISTED IN THE REGULAR U.S. NAVY ON DECEMBER 14, 1942 AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN AND BOOT CAMP AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ON JANUARY 2, 1944 AFTER A SHORT ASSIGNMENT ON BOARD THE USS WALKER DD-517, HE WAS TRANSFERRED FROM SUBMARINE CHASER TRAINING CENTER, MIAMI, FLORIDA TO THE USS EDSALL DE-129, FLAGSHIP OF ESCORT DIVISION 59, AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. HE WAS ADVANCED IN RATING TO BOATSWAIN'S MATE 2ND CLASS. WHILE SERVING ABOARD THE USS EDSALL, HE MADE SEVEN ROUND TRIP CROSSINGS OF THE ATLANTIC ESCORTING TROOP AND SUPPLY CONVOYS TO TARANTO, ITALY; PLYMOUTH AND LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND AND GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. THE EDSALL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET IN JULY 1945 AND WAS IN TRAINING AT PEARL HARBOR FOR DUTY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WHEN THE WAR ENDED. THE USS EDSALL DE-129 WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, SPRING 1946. BOATSWAIN'S MATE 2ND CLASS. SERVED FOR A SHORT TIME ON THE USS MERAK AF-21 AND THE USS ROBERTS DE-749 BEFORE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA DECEMBER 14, 1946. DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS: AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN, AFRICAN-EUROPEAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE U.S. NAVY HONORABLE SERVICE BUTTON, HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL AND HONORABLE SERVICE EMBLEM.