World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ernest Howard Drake
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Leitchfield, Kentucky
Honored By
Michael S. Drake
Relationship
Grandson
SERVED ABOARD THE USS TELAMON ARB-8. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON, AMERICAN AREA RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY RIBBON. ENLISTED IN MAY 1944 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JUNE 1946 WITH THE RANK OF CARPENTER'S MATE THIRD CLASS.