World War II Honoree

Louis F. Altman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Spotsyvania, Virginia

Honored By

Irene Altman

Relationship

Wife

SERVED ONBOARD THE USS RODMAN DD-456 AND DMS-21. SERVED IN BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC. PARTICIPATED IN THE SINKING OF THE U-616, THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY, LANDINGS AT NORTH AFRICA, INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AND THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA, WHERE THE SHIP SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE WHEN ATTACKED BY 6 KAMIKAZES AND HIT BY 3, ON APRIL 6, 1945. SHIP EARNED 4 BATTLE STARS AND A COMMENDATION. ALSO MADE THE MURMANSK RUN.