World War II Honoree

Edward A. Feher

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Homestead, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Thomas Feher

Relationship

Son

SIGNALMAN 1ST CLASS, U.S. NAVY SERIAL NUMBER 250-77-36. ENLISTED AT 17. SERVED ABOARD USS HUGE L. SCOTT AP-43. THE USS SCOTT WAS TORPEDOED NEAR FEDHALA, NORTH AFRICA ON NOVEMBER 12, 1942. REPORTED TO USS SWANSON DD-443 ON JANUARY 5, 1943. AFTER SERVING IN FIVE NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOYS, SHOOTING DOWN TWO GERMAN AIRCRAFT, SINKING ONE GERMAN SUBMARINE AND PARTICIPATING IN SICILY INVASION. USS SWANSON LEFT FOR THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC IN JANUARY 1944. REPORTED TO 7TH FLEET IN NEW GUINEA AND PARTICIPATED IN HOLLANDIA, MANUS, WEWAK, AITAPE, NOEMFOOR, BIAK AND SANSOPAR LANDINGS. OPERATED WITH HALSEY'S 3RD FLEET FROM AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1944. SAW ACTION IN BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF WITH TASK GROUP 38.4. WENT ON RAIDS IN PHILIPPINES, FORMOSA, IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. CAME BACK TO THE STATES IN MAY 1945. RETURNED TO SOUTH PACIFIC IN AUGUST 1945 AND OPERATED AROUND SAIPAN, GUAM AND TINIAN DOING BIRD DOG DUTIES. SHIP CAME BACK IN DECEMBER 1945 AND WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN MARCH 1946. REPORTED TO LCI(L) 955 IN SEATTLE ON MARCH 10, 1946. SERVED ON THIS SHIP UNTIL 21ST BIRTHDAY AND THEN DISCHARGED JULY 5, 1946.