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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Wesley J. Holden

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Watauga, Tennessee

Honored By

Mrs. Daisy Holden

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Stationed on USS Canopus AS-9 in the Philippines on December 7, 1941. Fought with the 4th Marines on Bataan and Corregidor. Captured May 6, 1942. Spent 3 years, 4 months as POW of Japanese. Spent 19 months in Korea in the Seabees, during the Inchon and Wonsan invasions.