World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Owen S. Davies
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Troy, Kansas
Honored By
Mrs. Owen S. Davies
Relationship
Wife
Veteran (PHSA), South Pacific, initial Marshal-Gilbert Island raid and bombardment, USS Midway, Task Force 8 in Aleutian Islands. Bombarded Kiska and Adak while on USS St. Louis CL-49. Participated in Okinawa Campaign in USS New Kent APA 217. Landed occupation troops at Kure Naval Base, Japan. On inspection party that first entered Hiroshima, also commissioned Camp Perry Virginia, and WAD, McAlester, Oklahoma. Enlisted April 20, 1933 retired November 1, 1954.