World War II Honoree

Ira Maurice Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

District Of Columbia

Honored By

Laurence Ward Price

Relationship

Brother

IRA MAURICE PRICE II ACCEPTED A COMMISSION AS AN ENSIGN IN THE U.S. NAVY IN APRIL OF 1942. AFTER BEING STATIONED AT SEVERAL NAVAL STATIONS IN THE US, IRA WAS ASSIGNED OVERSEAS DUTY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND WESTERN PACIFIC ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS LEXINGTON AND USS RANDOLPH. IRA WAS AN ARMAMENT OFFICER IN CHARGE OF ARMING SB 2C'S DIVE BOMBERS WITH BOMBS AND AMMUNITION. HE TOOK PART IN FIVE MAJOR SEA ENGAGEMENTS FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED FIVE BATTLE STARS: SAIPAN, HOLLANDIA, GUAM, THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND JAPAN. IRA RETURNED TO THE STATES AND WAS DISCHARGED ON MARCH 26, 1946 AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT, SENIOR GRADE,