World War II Honoree

Harvey Theodore Goerlitz

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

San Diego, California

Honored By

Robert Goerlitz & Barbara Goerlitz Carpenter

Relationship

Children

ENLISTED IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AS RADIOMAN SEAMAN 1ST CLASS AND ROSE TO RADIOMAN 2ND CLASS. SERVED AT NAVY POINT LOMA (NPL), LIGHTER THAN AIR (LTA) AT SANTA ANA AND WAS A PLANK OWNER ON THE USS CATSKILL LSV-1 WHICH WENT FROM PORTLAND, OREGON TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. INVOLVED IN THE INVASIONS AT LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, LINGAYEN GULF, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OKINAWA, MANILA AND WAKAYAMA, JAPAN 1944-1945. SERVED AS EDITOR OF THE SHIP'S NEWSPAPER, 'RIPS SNOOZE'. THE USS CATSKILL WAS CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOMBER WHOSE TORPEDO MISSED THE SHIP BY ONLY A FEW FEET. THE SHIP ALSO VISITED SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU, HILO, ENIWETOK, SAIPAN, ADMIRALTY ISLAND, HOLLANDIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS AND ULITHI. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA.