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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Charles Warren Ortlip, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Charles

Relationship

Son

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Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1942 AND WAS SENT TO CLERICAL SCHOOL IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. AFTER COMPLETING CLERICAL SCHOOL, HE WAS SENT TO CALIFORNIA FOR BASIC TRAINING, EVENTUALLY BEING SHIPPED TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. FROM THERE, HE WAS SHIPPED TO OKINAWA IN JUNE 1945, LANDING AT OKINAWA ON JULY 4, 1945. WHILE THERE, HE CONTINUED HIS CLERICAL DUTIES UNTIL BEING SHIPPED HOME THE FOLLOWING FEBRUARY. IN MARCH 1946, HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.