World War II Honoree

William LeRoy Cloud

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Knoxville, Tennessee

Honored By

Drew Kerr

Relationship

Grandson

ENTERED SERVICE IN AUGUST 1942. BASIC TRAINING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. AFTER BASIC TRAINING SENT TO AVIATION MECHANICAL SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; GRADUATED IN APRIL 1943. SENT TO JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION FOR FURTHER TRAINING; NORFOLK, VIRGINIA NEXT TO FORM SQUADRON. AT CHERRY POINT NAVAL AIR STATION PUT INTO SUBMARINE PATROL SQUADRON THEN TO BUFORD, SOUTH CAROLINA. NEXT WAS BOCA CHICA, FLORIDA FOR PATROL DUTY AND THEN TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS WHERE I WAS DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945.