World War II Honoree

Harry Cyril Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Evanston, Illinois

Honored By

Vicki, Diane, & Cy

Relationship

Children

WAS IN THE NAVAL RESERVE AND CALLED UP WHEN WAR STRUCK. HE SPENT TIME ON A DESTROYER IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND THE CARIBBEAN WHERE HE HUNTED SUBMARINE BASES IN UNCHARTED ISLAND COVES. HE WAS SENT ABOARD A DESTROYER, AS A LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, TO THE ALEUTIANS WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS BATTLES AND WAS BADLY WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE FOR KISKA. AFTER CONVALESCENCE, HE HEADED THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AT TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OCTOBER 1945.