World War II Honoree

Stanley W. Beer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New York, New York

Honored By

Robert L. Beer

Relationship

Brother

1943, JOINED THE USS WAINWRIGHT IN ORAN, AFRICA. UPON ARRIVAL, AN ALERT WAS SOUNDED, WENT TO SEA AND SANK A GERMAN SUBMARINE. CONTINUED PATROL DUTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNTIL THE USS WAINWRIGHT BECAME PART OF THE ALLIED FLOTILLA THAT SHELLED ANZIO. THE USS WAINWRIGHT WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE U.S., RECONDITIONED, AND SENT TO THE FAR EAST VIA ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. PATROLLED OUT OF OKINAWA. HE THEN BECAME CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE USS WAINWRIGHT. CONTINUED THROUGH THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND WHEN THE USS WAINWRIGHT BECAME PART OF THE FLEET THAT WAS BLOWN UP IN THE BIKINI TEST OF THE ATOM BOMB IN 1946.