World War II Honoree

Paul Perrault

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Monticello, Minnesota

Honored By

Ronald Perrault

Relationship

Son

GRADUATED FROM THE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN JUNE 1941. JULY 1941 TO JUNE 1942, SERVED AS ENSIGN ON THE LIGHT CRUISER USS PHOENIX AND WAS IN PEARL HARBOR DURING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. JUNE 1942 TO JANUARY 1944, SERVED AS LIEUTENANT ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC FLEET BASED IN FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA. JANUARY 1944 TO APRIL 1945, SERVED AS COMMUNICATION OFFICER AT SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. APRIL 1945 TO OCTOBER 1945, SERVED ON THE USS MOUNT MCKINLEY ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS GROUP 7 PACIFIC FLEET. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN THE NAVY, HE SERVED IN THREE OCEANS; THE PACIFIC, THE ATLANTIC AND THE INDIAN OCEANS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR, HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.