World War II Honoree

Elmer Alvin Hanscom

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flushing, New York

Honored By

Jeanne, Guy, Douglas, Roy, Gary Hanscom & Karen Buffone

Relationship

Wife & Children

ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY ON FEBRUARY 26, 1943. SEPARATED AS SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ON FEBRUARY 11, 1946. WAS A GUNNER IN THE NAVY ARMED GUARD AND PART OF A GUN CREW ON MERCHANT SHIPS CARRYING SUPPLIES OVERSEAS. HE RECEIVED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON WITH ONE STAR, AN AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.