World War II Honoree

Clyde Mason Parker

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pensacola, Florida

Honored By

Randall M. Parker

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED PRIOR TO PEARL HARBOR AND SERVED ON THE USS ENTERPRISE. WAS A PLANE CAPTAIN. INVOLVED WITH FERRYING BRITISH PLANES FROM GLASGOW, SCOTLAND TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. ALSO ON THE USS WASP IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA. WAS ON FLIGHT DECK WHEN USS WASP WAS TORPEDOED BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE. UNHURT AND PICKED UP LATER IN THE SAME DAY OF SINKING BY U.S. DESTROYER. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1945.