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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Giles A. Wilkinson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Washington, District Of Columbia

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED AS PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS. ASKED FOR, AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE USS NEW JERSEY BB-62. SERVED ABOARD MAY 1943 TO MID-NOVEMBER 1944. WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AND TRANSFERRED TO PEARL HARBOR. MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS; MARSHALL ISLANDS, TRUK, MARIANNA ISLANDS, FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OKINAWA.