World War II Honoree

Thomas J. Dunn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cumberland, Maryland

Honored By

Thomas J. Dunn

Relationship

Self

SERVED IN THE PACIFIC. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH TWO BATTLE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH ONE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SERVED ON THE USS LAMSON DD-367AS A METALSMITH. ENLISTED APRIL 1944. DISCHARGED MAY 1946. WAS HIT BY PLANES DECEMBER 7, 1944 IN THE BATTLE OF WARMOCK AND HAD TO ABANDON SHIP. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA. AMONG ONE OF THE FIRST WAR SHIPS TO GO INTO NAGASAKI AFTER THE BOMB WAS DROPPED.