World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Philip B. Gober
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Greenbrier, Tennessee
Honored By
USS Block Island Association
SERVED ON BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.