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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Henry Elton Coburn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooksville, Florida

Honored By

Hilda Coburn

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED THE USS LEEDSTOWN, EUROPEAN THEATER, SUNK OFF ALGIERS. ASSIGNED TO USS IOWA, PART OF FIRST CREW. TRANSPORTED ROOSEVELT TO TEHERAN CONFERENCE WITH CHURCHILL AND STALIN. WENT TO PACIFIC THEATER, RETURNED TO U.S. AND STATIONED IN SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO YMS EN ROUTE TO HAWAII. DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945.