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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald E. Goodman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Binghamton, New York

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN DECEMBER 1942; 13 WEEKS BOOT CAMP AT NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. GRADUATED AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE SCHOOL AT MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WITH 3RD CLASS RATING. ATTENDED AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA. ASSIGNED WITH FLIGHT CREW ON PV1 SQUADRON VPB127 AND SENT TO PORT LYAUTEY, FRENCH MOROCCO. DID ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREA AS WELL AS DETACHED DUTY IN NAPLES, ITALY FOR DISPATCH DUTY. AFTER 13 MONTHS THERE, WAS ASSIGNED TO RETURN A PLANE TO QUONSET POINT, RHODE ISLAND AND TO PICK UP A NEW ONE BUT WAR ENDED. DISCHARGED AT LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK IN JANUARY 1946. EARNED FINAL RATING OF AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE 2ND CLASS.