World War II Honoree

Norbert David Franxman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Covington, Kentucky

Honored By

James J. Reding

Relationship

Shipmate

SERVED ABOARD THE USS COLORADO BB-45 IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC FROM 1942 TO 1944. SERVED ABOARD THE USS FERGUS APA-82 FROM 1945 TO 1946. FROM 1942 TO 1946, PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN MAJOR BATTLES. IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, MADE THE INITIAL OCCUPATION LANDING AT AOMORI, JAPAN. PARTICIPATED IN THE 'MAGIC CARPET', AND THE 1946 PREPARATIONS FOR 'OPERATION CROSSROADS' ATOMIC BOMB TESTS. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL AND RIBBON, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL AND RIBBON WITH SEVEN BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, THE PHILIPPINE VICTORY RIBBON, OCCUPATION OF JAPAN MEDAL AND RIBBON, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND RIBBON.