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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Franklin Headlee

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED SERVICE IN JANUARY 1945. AFTER TRAINING, ASSIGNED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS MADDOX DD-731. FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON 22 JULY, 1945, HIS SHIP STEAMED INTO TOKYO BAY, ENGAGED THE ENEMY, SANK TWO JAPANESE SHIPS AND WAS CREDITED WITH ANOTHER PROBABLE SINKING WITHOUT SUFFERING ANY CASUALTIES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN AUGUST 1946. RECEIVED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.