World War II Honoree

Edward (Ted) Kehoe Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Charlie Price

Relationship

Nephew

EDWARD (TED) PRICE JOINED THE NAVY IN MAY 1941 AS AN ENSIGN. WITH HIS BACKGROUND AS A RADIO OPERATOR AND EXPERIENCE IN THE NEW FIELD OF TELEVISION HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH. TED INITIALLY WAS STATIONED AT NORFOLK, VA, FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, NY, QUONSET, R.I. AND WASHINGTON, D.C. THE MAJORITY OF TED'S STATE SIDE SERVICE WAS SPENT AT FLOYD BENNETT FIELD WHERE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE INSTALLATION OF HIGHLY SECRET RADIO AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN NAVY BOMBERS BEING OUTFITTED FOR COMBAT DUTY OVERSEAS. MUCH OF HIS WORK WAS WITH THE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED RADAR EQUIPMENT THAT PROVED TO BE AN OUTSTANDING FACTOR IN THE SHORTENING OF WORLD WAR II. TED LATER SERVED OVERSEAS AT IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA AND WAS INVOLVED AT SEA WITH THE LANDINGS TO RETAKE THESE STRATEGIC ISLANDS. ALSO, TED SERVED IN THE NEAR APPROACHES TO JAPAN WITH THE NAVY. DURING THIS TIME HE SERVED ON TWO CRUISERS, ONE CARGO SHIP AND ONE CARRIER-THE U.S. CABOT. AFTER THE WAR HE WAS DISCHARGED IN NEW YORK CITY ON JANUARY 3, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF LT. COMMANDER.