World War II Honoree

Kenneth F. 'Ken' Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Covington, Kentucky

Honored By

Vicki Donaldson

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED AT AGE 17 IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. SERVED AT CAMP GREEN BAY, RADIO SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS 39TH DIVISION, 1943. SERVED ON THE USS EDSALL DE-129, USS W. B. COBB APD-106 FROM 1944 TO 1946. SERVED ON THE USS EDSALL IN NUMEROUS CROSSINGS ESCORTING TROOPS, SUPPLY SHIPS TO ITALY, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND. SURVIVED THE 'GREAT ATLANTIC HURRICANE' SEPTEMBER 1944. USS COBB CARRIED ABOARD UDT-27 (UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM) INTO TOKYO BAY SEPTEMBER 1945. SERVED AS A RADIOMAN 2ND CLASS. DISCHARGED MARCH 23, 1946. MEDALS EARNED: AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND NAVY OCCUPATION MEDAL (JAPAN SEPTEMBER 1945). FOLLOWING 'MAGIC CARPET' VOYAGE TO SAN DIEGO, THE USS COBB MADE ONE MORE CROSSING, TO MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SPENDING CHRISTMAS 1945 THERE. THE USS W. B. COBB THEN PASSED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL EN ROUTE TO BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS.