World War II Honoree

Earl Roland Clough

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Honored By

Sandra Clough Wakefield

Relationship

Daughter

COXSWAIN. ENLISTED ON FEBRUARY 23, 1943 IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. RECEIVED TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION IN BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND AND GUNNERY TRAINING AT ARMED GUARD SCHOOL IN LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA. ASSIGNED ARMED GUARD CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. SERVED AS AN ARMED GUARD GUNNER'S MATE ON CONVOY DUTY IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC. CONVOYS TRANSPORTED WAR MATERIALS TO EUROPE. ALSO SERVED ON 1 CONVOY IN SOUTH ATLANTIC TO CARACAS, VENEZUELA. ASSIGNED TO THE USS SARATOGA CV-3; USS MONTPELIER CL-57 AND USS PURDY DD-734. REACHED JAPAN AND SAW THE DESTROYED CITY OF HIROSHIMA. FINAL TRANSFER WAS TO ARMED GUARD CENTER IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ON JANUARY 15, 1946. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON, AMERICAN AREA RIBBON AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON.