World War II Honoree

David Conner Murdoch

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

Daughter

RECRUITED AT DALLAS AIR NAVAL RESERVES, WAS FLIGHT TRAINED IN JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS AND ATHENS, GEORGIA. SHIPPED OUT FROM PORT HUENEME BEFORE AIR TRAINING WAS COMPLETE WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NAVY WOULD NOT NEED ANY MORE PILOTS AS THE WAR WAS WINDING DOWN. HE WAS SHIPPED TO IE SHIMA WHERE HE SERVED AS MANAGER OF THE NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT ON THE ISLAND, JUST AFTER THE ISLAND WAS SECURED. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A BOMB BLAST WHICH DESTROYED THE ISLAND HOSPITAL AS HE WAS DELIVERING SUPPLIES AND PARTIALLY RECUPERATED TO RESUME HIS DUTIES UNTIL THE WAR ENDED IN AUGUST 1945. HE RETURNED TO DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS GIVEN AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.