World War II Honoree

Walter Franklin Files, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cumberland, Maryland

Honored By

Sharon Kessell

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED ON THE SS MONTANA, GUARDING SHIPS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. THEN SERVED ON THE SS MARINE EAGLE. WAS INJURED WHEN AN AMMUNITION CASE HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND INJURED HIS NOSE. UPON REACHING SHORE, SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS IN A HOSPITAL WHERE THEY REPAIRED IT. SERVED ON THE USS OKLAHOMA CITY. DURING THE D-DAY LANDINGS, SERVED ON A REFUELING SHIP JUST OFF THE SHORE. SERVED ON THE USS OKLAHOMA CITY UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.