World War II Honoree

Frank Gene Perryman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Sylacauga, Alabama

Honored By

Frank Lee Perryman

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1942. FOLLOWING TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND RADAR SCHOOL AT POINT LOMA, CALIFORNIA, WAS SENT TO THE NAVAL RECRUITING STATION AT THE DESTROYER BASE IN SAN DIEGO FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A PERMANENT STATION. TRANSFERRED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND WAS TRANSPORTED ON THE HMS ENJERDUN. WENT TO ESPIRITU SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES, AND WAS TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE USS DIXIE PENDING FORMAL ASSIGNMENT. PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO DESTROYER USS RADFORD DD-446. PARTICIPATED IN NAVAL ACTION ABOVE GUADALCANAL, AT MAKIN AND TARAWA ATOLLS (GILBERT ISLANDS), AND A CARRIER TANK FORCE RAID ON THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IN 1943. SELECTED FOR THE NAVY V-12 COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM AND ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY, MARCH 1944-1945. RETURNED TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA FOLLOWING ADVANCED BASE TRAINING AT SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA. STATIONED AT GUAM, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND TACLOBAN, LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WORKING IN THE LEGAL AND PERSONNEL OFFICES FOR THE COMMANDANT OF THE NAVAL OPERATING BASE. SERVING IN THE PHILIPPINES WHEN WAR ENDED IN 1946. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1946 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVY AT THE NAVAL STATION, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.