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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Joe Thomas Fincher, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Moore, South Carolina

Honored By

Ms. Deb Nelson & Ms. June Boling

Relationship

Daughters

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON APRIL 7, 1945. TRAINED IN BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND. SERVED ON THE USS ABELE, A 58-NET TENDER, AND THE USS KENNETH WHITING AV14, A SEA PLANE TENDER. STATIONED AT NAVAL AIR STATIONS IN OKINAWA, GUAM AND MIDWAY ISLAND. WAS PRESENT AT THE BIKINI BOMB TEST IN JULY 1946. MEDALS: AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN, VICTORY MEDAL AND THE WWII GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.