World War II Honoree

Slade Deville Cutter

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oswego, Illinois

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

CAPTAIN OF THE USS POMPANO AND THE USS SEAHORSE, BOTH OF WHICH WERE SUBMARINES. COMPLETED 9 COMBAT PATROLS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND IS CREDITED WITH SINKING 23 JAPANESE SHIPS. HE THEN WAS PROMOTED TO COMMANDER OF SUBMARINE DIVISION 32 AND LATER TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON 6. AWARDED 4 NAVY CROSSES, 2 SILVER STARS, A BRONZE STAR, A PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, 9 BATTLE STARS FOR HIS SUBMARINES, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.