World War II Honoree

Hubert T. Quillian, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

LaGrange, Georgia

Honored By

Katherine Quillian Chester

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED FROM JANUARY 1942 TO DECEMBER 1945 AFTER TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AIR STATION KODIAK, ALASKA, SERVING FROM JUNE 1942 UNTIL DECEMBER 1942. WAS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. IN JANUARY 1943, ASSIGNED TO THE USS WARREN G. HARDING DD-625 WHILE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND REMAINED WITH HER UNTIL DECEMBER 1944. PARTICIPATED IN CONVOY DUTY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AT OMAHA BEACH AND THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. SERVED AS GUNNERY PLOTTING ROOM OFFICER, COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER OFFICER AND 1ST LIEUTENANT. WHEN THE USS HARDING WAS CONVERTED TO A MINESWEEPER, WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS STERETT DD-407 IN FEBRUARY 1945. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE USS STERETT AS 1ST LIEUTENANT UNTIL NOVEMBER 1945. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA AND WAS ON DECK APRIL 9, 1945 WHEN THE SHIP WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE.