World War II Honoree

LeRoy Stuart Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Herculaneum, Missouri

Honored By

Bernice Elizabeth Mracna

Relationship

Sister

SERVED 1943-1946. BOOT CAMP IN FARRAGUT, IDAHO, THEN STATIONED IN PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA FOR ONE MONTH. WENT ON THE SS KIT CARSON LIBERTY SHIP LOADED WITH TANKS BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA TO A REFUELING BASE FOR SUBMARINES ATTACHED TO U.S. NAVY 81 (HAD 44MM GUNS ON IT). CODE NAME FOR THE BASE WAS 'POTSHOT' AND LOCATED IN THE EXMOUTH GULF ON THE WEST COAST OF AUSTRALIA NORTH OF FREEMANTLE. HE WAS A SIGNALMAN ON THE BASE AND ALSO RAISED AND LOWERED 'OLD GLORY'. STATIONED THERE FOR TWO YEARS. LIVED IN QUONSET HUTS AND ONE TIME IN A HURRICANE THEY LOST ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS. RELEASED FROM THE NAVY IN SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA IN 1946.