World War II Honoree

Arthur Halsted, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Arlington, Virginia

Honored By

Bruce Halsted

Relationship

Brother

AFTER GRADUATING FROM RANDALL'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND GRADUATING EARLY IN JUNE 1944 AS A PART OF THE CLASS OF 1945 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS HANCOCK CV-19, AN ESSEX CLASS CARRIER. THEY CAME UNDER THE EARLY KAMIKAZE ATTACKS FROM JAPANESE AIRCRAFT AND WERE STRUCK ONCE. HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND THE SHIP WAS AWARDED THE NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION. THEY FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES. AFTER 22 MONTHS OF SEA DUTY, HE WAS SEPARATED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST 1946.