World War II Honoree

Lawrence George Alley

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Douglass, Kansas

Honored By

David Alley

Relationship

Son

ATTENDED ROLLA SCHOOL OF MINES IN ROLLA, MISSOURI FOR COLLEGE AND PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING. THEN IN APRIL ATTENDED GEORGIA UNIVERSITY IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. NOVEMBER 1943 LOCATED AT CORPUS CHRIST NAVAL AIR STATION, TEXAS, CABINESS FIELD AND WALDON FIE LD. RECEIVED COMMISSION AS 2ND LT. USMCR APRIL 1944 AND IN MAY ATTENDED DELAND FLORIDA NAVAL AIR STATION DELAND FLORIDA. BY SEPT 1944 HE WAS AT EL TORO MARINE AIR STATION, SANTA ANNA, CALIFORNIA THEN SENT TO MOHAVE MARINE AIR STATION, SANTA ANNA CALIFORNIA IN MARCH OF 1945 JOINING THE MARINE TORPEDO SQUADRON VMTB 622 AND ESCORT CARRIER AND FLYING THE TBS GRUMMAN TORPEDO BOMBER. WENT TO HAWAII EVA MARINE AIR STATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1945 AND RETURNED TO STATES ON CVE64 TRIPOLI CARRIER. BY DECEMBER 31ST 1945 VMTB62 ORDERED TO CVE116 BADONG STRAIT FOR SHAKE DOWN CRUISE AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY FEBRUARY 1946 AT MIRAMAR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL AND THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY MEDAL.