World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Elbert 'Nudge' Phelps
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Farmer City, Illinois
Honored By
Eugene Houser
Relationship
Friend
SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE USS DORCHESTER. THE TORPEDO BLAST KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS CARRIED TO THE DECK AND THROWN OVERBOARD WEARING, POSSIBLY, THE LIFE PRESERVER OF ONE OF THE SHIP'S CHAPLAINS THAT CHOSE TO GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE.