World War II Honoree

Charles Wayne Dressler

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Dale W. Dressler

Relationship

Son

CHARLES DRESSLER ENTERED THE SERVICE TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY. HE JOINED THE NAVY ON JUNE 6TH 1944, (D-DAY). HE WENT TO BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND FOR BOOT CAMP TRAINING THAT CONSISTED OF EIGHT WEEKS. THEN IT WAS ON TO HIS OUT GOING UNIT IN LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. HE WAS THEN SENT TO PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE WENT ABOARD THE USS CURRITUCK, A SEAPLANE TENDER. HE TRAVELED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THE TRIP TOOK 34 DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE PANAMA CANAL. CHARLES SPENT APPROXIMATELY 19 MONTHS WORKING AT THE COMMANDER NAVEL BASE AT MANUS ON THE ISLAND. HIS RANK AT THE TIME WAS YEOMAN 3RD CLASS. DURING HIS TIME AT THE COMMANDER NAVEL BASE, CHARLES HAD MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO GUAM. CHARLES COMPLETED THE REMAINDER OF HIS DUTY IN BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED AS A YEOMAN 2ND CLASS ON MAY 28, 1946.