World War II Honoree

Adrian 'Abe' Rademaker

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Westgate, Iowa

Honored By

Doris Jean Rademaker

Relationship

Wife

JOINED THE NAVY 1942. SERVED TO DECEMBER 1945. SERVED ABOARD THE USS REEVES DE-156 IN THE ATLANTIC WHEN IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1943 HE WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE U.S. TO ENGLAND AND AFRICA. SEPTEMBER 1944 THE BOAT WAS REFURBISHED TO USS REEVES APD-52. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC DECEMBER 1944 TO DECEMBER 1945. HE WAS AT THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA. HE WAS IN TOKYO BAY ON V-J DAY. THE USS REEVES PICKED UP PRISONERS THAT HAD BEEN HELD BY THE JAPANESE; ONE OF THEM BEING 'PAPPY BOYINGTON'. RADIOMAN 1ST CLASS AS OF 1943.