World War II Honoree

Elmer LeRoy Radzik

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

Gordon Willhoite

Relationship

Friend

HE TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL STATION. HE THEN SHIPPED OUT TO THE PACIFIC AFTER BEING ASSIGNED TO THE USS LCI G-64 FOR THE DURATION OF DUTY. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; LEYTE, LUZON AND MINDORO. HE THEN WENT TO KOREA FOR THE OCCUPATION AND THEN TO OKINAWA WHERE HE WAS ON MANEUVERS FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED. WENT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES TO DECOMMISSION THE SHIP. SERVED FROM JANUARY 1944 TO APRIL 1946. DISCHARGED AS GUNNER'S MATE 3RD CLASS.