World War II Honoree

Ronald Fay Rumley

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON MAY 6, 1943 AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. TRAINED AND SERVED AS A MACHINIST'S MATE (REFRIGERATION) SECOND CLASS IN THE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE. FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ABOARD THE ATTACK TRANSPORT USS WAYNE APA-54, ON WHICH HE SAW COMBAT IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGNS AND THE INVASIONS OF LEYTE, LUZON AND OKINAWA. LATER SERVED ABOARD THE USS LITTLE ROCK CL-92. ELIGIBLE FOR THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SEVERAL BRONZE BATTLE STARS, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JULY 16, 1947 AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.