World War II Honoree

William Clarence Barley

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Jean Barley

Relationship

Wife

HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS. ASSIGNED TO USS AMICK DE-168; ESCORTED CONVOYS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. AFTER THE GERMAN SURRENDER, HIS SHIP WENT TO THE PACIFIC IN TIME FOR THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, SENT TO ISLAND OF BABELTHORPE WHERE THERE WERE 4,000 JAPANESE THAT REFUSED TO SURRENDER. THEY CAME ABOARD SHIP AND SIGNED SURRENDER PAPERS.