World War II Honoree

Donald Dale Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bassett, Nebraska

Honored By

Margaret Dilsaver Davis

Relationship

Wife

VOLUNTEERED AND WAS INDUCTED NOVEMBER 14, 1943 AT DENVER, COLORADO. HE RECEIVED HIS BOOT TRAINING AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO AS GUNNER'S MATE. SENT TO U.S. RESERVE STATION IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA THEN TO THE U.S. DESTROYER BASE IN SAN DIEGO. HE SERVED AS ARMED GUARD, CENTRAL PACIFIC ON MERCHANT MARINE VESSELS, CIRCUMVENTING THE WORLD BEFORE EVER GETTING A LEAVE. HIS LAST SHIP WAS THE M/S TURK'S SHIP, FEBRUARY 1945 TO OCTOBER L945. WHILE ABOARD THE TURK, THE SHIP WAS SAVED BY A VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER PLANE. WAS IN AND OUT OF R. S. SHOEMAKER BASE, CALIFORNIA. HIS MEDALS WERE AMERICAN AREA, WWII VICTORY, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND GOOD CONDUCT. SEPARATION FROM THE NAVY WAS AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DECEMBER 28, 1945.