World War II Honoree

Chester Chet Edmund Harwood

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lynn, Massachusetts

Honored By

Wilton Veteran's Project

Relationship

Friend

SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1945 IN THE U.S. NAVY'S AMPHIBIOUS FORCES AS A COXSWAIN ON LCM LANDING CRAFTS. WAS AT THE MARIANA ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS, ENIWETOK, KWAJALEIN, SAIPAN AND TINIAN LANDING ASSAULT TROOPS AND TANKS UNDER FIRE ONTO BEACHHEADS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH INVASION ARROWHEAD AND BATTLE STARS, AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE.