World War II Honoree

Clarence Alexander Ohler

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Dunlo, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Karen Soohy

Relationship

Daughter

AFTER TRAINING WENT TO JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA; SHIPPED OUT ON LST-692. WENT TO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA AND THEN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO GET TROOPS, TANKS, TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES. WENT BY CONVOY TO NORTH AFRICA, THEN TO ITALY AND INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE; ALSO TO MALTA AND TUNISIA. WENT BACK TO U.S. FOR FURTHER ASSIGNMENT. FROM VIRGINIA, ASSIGNED TO PIER 92 NEW YORK CITY SHORE PATROL. PICKED UP NEW SHIP YMS-251 AT STATEN ISLAND; WAS RADAR OPERATOR; SWEPT MINES AROUND COAST OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. LAST ASSIGNMENT WAS CONVOY TO MIAMI, FLORIDA FOR SUPPLIES. THEN TRAVELED TO MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII AND TO MARSHALL ISLANDS AND TOKYO. AFTER THE BOMBING OF JAPAN, STATIONED IN SASABO, JAPAN; SWEPT MINES FROM HARBOR. DISCHARGED ON POINTS UPON RETURN TO NEW YORK.