World War II Honoree

Edward F. Pilgrim

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Nokomis, Illinois

Honored By

Jean Pilgrim

Relationship

Wife

SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1945. ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AND GUNNER'S MATE SCHOOL AT GREAT LAKES. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS YMS-19, OPERATING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH ATLANTIC; MINESWEEPING DUTIES, CONVOY AND PATROL. IN THE SPRING OF 1944, WENT TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC, WHERE SHIP WAS SUNK ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1944 DURING THE INVASION OF PELELIU. AFTER A 30 DAY SURVIVOR LEAVE, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS ABSD-7 AND RETURNED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. HE WAS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WAR.