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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Ralph Wright Daugherty

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Honored By

Eryn Daugherty

Relationship

Granddaughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

STATIONED ON THE USS DETROIT AND OPERATED OUT OF ADAK IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. WAS PART OF THE TROOPS THAT LANDED ON ATTU AND KISKA AND FOUGHT TO TAKE THE ISLANDS. THEN WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS PASADENA AND WAS WITHIN SHOOTING DISTANCE OF THE USS MISSOURI WHEN THE SURRENDER TERMS WERE BEING SIGNED. SIGNED UP FOR THE NAVY IN JUNE 1942 AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY UNTIL DECEMBER 23, 1945.