World War II Honoree

Eugene Stephen Wahoff

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Honored By

Angela R. Stevens

Relationship

Daughter

HE SERVED WITH SPECIAL MILITARY QUALIFICATIONS WHICH INCLUDED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND AVIATION ENGINEER. THE BADGES AND DECORATIONS HE RECEIVED INCLUDED THE AIR CREW INSIGNIA, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON, THE VICTORY MEDAL, WORLD WAR II JAPANESE OCCUPATION RIBBON,THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH 1 STAR, SHARP SHOOTER, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON, MARINE CORPS DISCHARGE BUTTON. HE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GROUND OF THE DESTRUCTION AT HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED, FOR MARINE AVIATION LOGISTICS SQUADRON 31 HISTORY.