World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Alexander Ogilvie
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Springfield, Massachusetts
Honored By
Kathleen M. Zavada
AVIATION CHIEF MACHINIST'S MATE. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. ENLISTED NOVEMBER 25, 1941, TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES. GUNNERY SCHOOL IN FLORIDA. COMPLETED 69 COMBAT MISSIONS DURING 8 MONTH TOUR IN PACIFIC ON PBM MARINER PLANE. ANTI-SUBMARINE, RECONNAISSANCE AND AIR-SEA RESCUE MISSIONS. DURING BATTLE OF IWO JIMA, FLEW SEARCH MISSIONS TO JAPAN, OPERATING FROM A SEAPLANE TENDER. FROM ENIWETOK, CARRIED OUT RECONNAISSANCE TO WAKE AND PONAPE. TRAILED JAPANESE HOSPITAL SHIP FROM WAKE FOR MORE THAN 15 HOURS UNTIL RELIEVED BY ANOTHER CREW. NOVEMBER 5, 1940 HEAD HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON 5-2; NOVEMBER 8, 1943 TO JANUARY 22, 1944 SERVED WITH FLEET AIR WING 8; JANUARY 27, 1944 TO MARCH 1, 1944 SERVED WITH SQUADRON VP-19; USS ST. GEORGE AV-16 NOVEMBER 10, 1944 TO NOVEMBER 24, 1944; SQUADRON VPB-19 THROUGH JULY 10, 1944. VPB-19 WON A UNIT CITATION FOR OPERATING FROM AN OPEN ROADSTEAD OFF IWO JIMA IN MARCH.