World War II Honoree

Kendal A. Crooks

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Patricia Wallner

Relationship

Daughter

JOINED THE NAVY FEBRUARY 26, 1943, TRAINED AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL BASE IN ILLINOIS AND ATTENDED RADIO SCHOOL IN BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA. WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS PAUL JONES DD-230 WHERE HE SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATERS. HE RECEIVED HIS SHIP'S RADIO MESSAGE THAT THE WAR HAD ENDED. RECEIVED A WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED JANUARY 1946.