World War II Honoree

Stanley E. Cohick

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Newville, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Barry, Ben & Daniel Cohick

Relationship

Sons

DRAFTED APRIL 3, 1943 AND SENT TO FORT SAMPSON, NEW YORK AND LATER TO DAM NECK, VIRGINIA. HE WAS THEN SENT TO GUADALCANAL, SOUTH PACIFIC ON THE USS CASTOR TROOP TRANSPORT WHERE HE SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND INVASIONS WITH AMPHIBIOUS FORCE. HE WAS IN A BARRAGE BALLOON UNIT BASED IN GUADALCANAL. HE WAS ON LST SHIPS AND ON AN LCI DAMAGED IN THE WAR AND SENT TO AUSTRALIA FOR REPAIRS. HIS SECOND TOUR OF DUTY WAS ABOARD THE USS TORTUGA LSD-26 IN OKINAWA WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED AND SURVIVED A MAJOR TYPHOON. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM OKINAWA AND RETURNED TO THE STATES IN SAN FRANCISCO ABOARD A TROOP TRANSPORT CARRIER IN DECEMBER 1945.