World War II Honoree

Walter Ira Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Metcalf, Illinois

Honored By

Mary Pringle Mitchell

Relationship

Wife

JOINED THE NAVY AIR CORPS, SEPTEMBER 1941. IN THE NAVY 3 1/2 YEARS. BECAME AVIATION METALSMITH AT THE SCHOOL IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. REPAIRED TRAINER PLANES AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. APRIL 1943, SENT TO WHIDBY ISLAND, WASHINGTON TO THE SEAPLANE SQUAD AND FROM THERE TO BREMERTON TO BOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE CV-6. BOMB DROPPED ON WAY TO JAPAN. AFTER TREATY WAS SIGNED, SAILED BACK TO NEW YORK. DISCHARGED FEBRUARY 19, 1946.