World War II Honoree

Charles Appel

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Otis, Kansas

Honored By

Kelley, Hoffman, Frazier, Birchenough

Relationship

Coffee Drinking Friends

ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 18, 1944 AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. BASIC TRAINING AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION FARRAGUT, IDAHO. ATTENDED SMALL CRAFT WEAPONS TRAINING AT SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA; PORT HUENEME AND POINT MUGU, NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION OXNARD, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO DUTY ON USS FILLMORE APA-83, TRANSPORTING TROOPS AND CARGO THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH PACIFIC. MEDALS: AMERICAN THEATRE CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ASIA CLASP AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. DISCHARGED AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY NORMAN, OKLAHOMA ON JUNE 7, 1946.