World War II Honoree

Howard Elsworth Wells Jr

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York

Honored By

M Bruce Wells

Relationship

OLdest Son

SERVED ON THE USS DALE W PETERSON DE-337. DAD QUIT SCHOOL IN THE TENTH GRADE TO ENLIST TOWARD S THE END OF THE WAR. HE DID NOT SEE ACTION BUT I AM STILL PROUD THAT HE WANTED TO DO HIS PART IN THIS COUNTIES TIME OF NEED. WHILE IN FLORIDA, STATION IN GREEN COVE SPINGS ABOARD THE PETERSON HE MET ETHEL PITTMAN WILL VISITING A SMALL BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS LATER MARRIED AND THEY SETTLED IN JACKSONVILLE AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY.