World War II Honoree

Julius J. Gervan

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Nutley, New Jersey

SERVED ABOARD THE USS THATCHER DD-514, 'LITTLE BEAVER' DESTROYER SQUADRON AS A PLANK OWNER. PUT SHIP INTO COMMISSION IN BATH, MAINE AND DECOMMISSIONED THE SHIP AT BREMERTON NAVY YARD IN WASHINGTON STATE DECEMBER 1, 1945. RECEIVED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 12 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH STAR AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SHIP EARNED 12 BATTLE STARS AND WAS STRUCK BY TWO KAMIKAZES OFF OF OKINAWA.