World War II Honoree

Eugene Langley Hill

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hookersville, West Virginia

SERVED ABOARD USS LOUISVILLE CA-28, JANUARY 1941 TO MARCH 1945. AWARDED 12 BATTLE STARS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA. BATTLES IN PACIFIC RAIDS 1942; MARSHALL, GILBERT RAIDS FEBRUARY 1, 1942; CAPTURE AND DEFENSE OF GUADALCANAL AUGUST 1942 TO FEBRUARY 1943; RENNELL ISLAND JANUARY 1943; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OPERATIONS, ATTU OCCUPATIONS, KISKA OPERATIONS, MARCH TO JUNE 1943; MARSHALL ISLANDS, KWAJALEIN AND MAJURO ATOLLS, ENIWETOK ATOLL NOVEMBER 1943 TO MARCH 1944; PALAU, YAP, ULITHI, WOLEAI RAIDS, TRUK, SATAWAN, PONAPE MARCH TO APRIL 1944; HOLLANDIA OPERATIONS APRIL TO JUNE 1944; CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF SAIPAN AND GUAM JUNE TO AUGUST 1944; TINIAN CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION JULY TO AUGUST 1944; WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS OPERATIONS AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1944; CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF PELELIU ISLAND IN THE PALAU GROUP AUGUST TO OCTOBER, 1944; LEYTE OPERATIONS, LEYTE LANDINGS AND LUZON ATTACKS OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1944; LUZON OPERATIONS, LINGAYEN GULF LANDINGS DECEMBER 1944 TO APRIL 1945. THE USS LOUISVILLE WAS ATTACKED BY 2 KAMIKAZES WHILE ABOARD. RECEIVED SOME SHRAPNEL WHEN SECOND PLANE HIT THE USS LOUISVILLE. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. REMAINDER OF THE WWII WAS SPENT WITH FLEET, TRAINING GROUPS ON THE WEST COAST.