World War II Honoree

Lewis Candler Radford, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Monroe, Georgia

Honored By

Charles Radford

Relationship

Brother

NAVY FIGHTER PILOT, F6F GRUMMAN HELLCAT. ASSIGNED TO THE USS SARATOGA IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SHOT DOWN AT LEAST ONE ZERO. ALOFT WHEN SARATOGA WAS HIT BY 5 KAMIKAZES AND SEVERAL BOMBS. DITCHED AFTER DARK IN OCEAN NEAR IWO JIMA. PICKED UP BY A DESTROYER, RETURNED TO PEARL HARBOR, AND REASSIGNED TO USS MONTEREY. HE WAS IN TOKYO BAY WHEN THE SURRENDER WAS SIGNED.