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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Kenneth W. Prescott

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flint, Michigan

Honored By

Harold Edward Walther, Jr.

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

VOLUNTEERED FOR PT BOATS. ATTENDED MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT NORTHWESTERN IN 1942. MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT TRAINING SCHOOL IN MELVILLE, RHODE ISLAND (1942). ASSIGNED MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON 3 (2) AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON PT 61 (FEBRUARY 1943). BECAME COMMANDING OFFICER ON PT 61 (MARCH 1943), ASSIGNED AS COMMANDING OFFICER ON PT 48 (MAY - NOVEMBER 1943). ASSIGNED AS GUNNERY OFFICER, THEN LATER BECAME EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON USS JAMESTOWN APG-3. SAW ACTION AT GUADALCANAL, RUSSELL ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES. RETURNED TO U.S. IN LATE 1945.