World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Orel Bronson Hickman
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Grantsville, West Virginia
Honored By
Orel Bronson Hickman, Jr.
Relationship
Son
SERVED ABOARD USS SPRINGFIELD CL-66 AGAINST JAPAN AND DURING OCCUPATIONAL DUTIES SEPTEMBER 9, 1944 UNTIL RETURN TO U.S. FOR POST-WAR DUTIES JANUARY 1946. TOUR OF DUTY: 1 YEAR 1 DAY, 17-1/2 HOURS AND 100,006.3 MILES. AUTHORIZED FOR FOLLOWING SERVICE RIBBONS AND STARS DECEMBER 26, 1945: AMERICAN AREA, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA WITH 2 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION AND WWII VICTORY. HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM U.S NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND AND FROM NAVAL SERVICE OF U.S. FEBRUARY 2, 1946.