World War II Honoree

Eugene Fox Paulsworth

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Vera Paulsworth

Relationship

Wife

EUGENE PAULSWORTH SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS FIREMAN 1ST CLASS ON THE USS LATIMER APA-152, A HASKELL CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORT COMMISSIONED IN AUGUST 1944, WHICH CARRIED TROOPS TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC, THEN PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF LUZON IN JANUARY 1945 AND OKINAWA IN APRIL. GENE SERVED UNTIL MARCH 1946 WHEN THE USS LATIMER TRANSFERRED TO THE ATLANTIC. GENE WAS AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. GENE ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA THEN TRAINED IN BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND AND GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI AND THE NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA BEFORE HIS SERVICE ABOARD THE USS LATIMER.