World War II Honoree

Keith Evert Mino

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

Keith Evert Mino

Relationship

Self

SERVED FROM 1943 THROUGH 1946 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, NORTH AND SOUTH ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC. FOUGHT IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM, ROWAN, FRANCE, EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, ENGLAND, AND CHINA. STATIONED ON THE GEORGE E. PICKETT, INVASION OF FRANCE AS AN ABLE BODIED SEAMAN, NEW ZEALAND VICTORY, INVASION OF OKINAWA. SERVED ABOARD THE USS GEORGE E. PICKETT, USS JAMES JACKSON, USS KNUTE NELSON, USS PILOTE BUTTE, AND USS NEW ZEALAND VICTORY. RECEIVED THE THE NORTH ATLANTIC THEATRE RIBBON, SOUTH ATLANTIC THEATRE RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PACIFIC WAR ZONE BAR, ATLANTIC WAR ZONE BAR, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND MERCHANT MARINE COMBAT BAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE COAST GUARD AND THE MERCHANT MARINES IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.