World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Thomas Bess
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Tatum, New Mexico
Honored By
Ryon Thomas Groesbeck
Relationship
Grandson
ENLISTED DECEMBER 12, 1942 AND DISCHARGED APRIL 11, 1946. SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AS A RADARMAN ABOARD SUB-CHASER USS SC-645; PHILIPPINE LIBERATION, OKINAWA, PELELIU, NAVY OCCUPATION OF JAPAN. SERVED WITH ADMIRAL HALSEY'S THIRD FLEET.