World War II Honoree

James C. Grubbs

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Honored By

Jerry Brearton

Relationship

Friend

JOINED THE U.S. NAVY IN NOVEMBER 1942 AT 18 YEARS OLD. ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. ASSIGNED TO USS LE HARDY DE-20 IN MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING. INVADED TARAWA DURING THE GILBERT ISLAND CAMPAIGN. 1944, TRANSFERRED TO AMPHIBIOUS FORCES AND TRAINED IN CORONADO ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AND LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK. AFTER TRAINING IN NEW YORK, WENT TO CORNWALL ENGLAND AND PLYMOUTH ENGLAND. EMBARKED FROM SOUTH HAMPTON, ENGLAND TO LE HAVRE, FRANCE. WENT BACK TO SCOTLAND AND THEN BACK TO ENGLAND. WENT FROM ENGLAND TO BELGIUM WHERE UNIT JOINED A BRITISH TRUCK CONVOY TRAVELING THROUGH HOLLAND TO BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY AND THEN ONTO BREMEN, GERMANY. ASSIGNED TO SECURITY DUTIES AND SHORE PATROL WHILE IN BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY. DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVY IN FEBRUARY 1946.