World War II Honoree

George E. Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Xenia, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON AUGUST 11, 1942 AT NAVAL RESERVE STATION SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. AFTER TRAINING, SERVED STATESIDE WITH PATROL SQUADRON VPB2/1 AND 2 AT NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. LATER ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS SQUADRONS OF FLEET AIR WING 14 AND THEN FLEET AIR WING 10 OPERATING OUT OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. HIS LAND-BASED UNIT WAS LATER DEPLOYED TO AUSTRALIA AND MOVED FROM ISLAND TO ISLAND THROUGH CAMPAIGNS IN ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. LATE IN THE WAR, SAW COMBAT AS A CREWMAN ABOARD THE USS SAN PABLO AVP-30, A CURTISS CLASS SEAPLANE TENDER. LATER ASSIGNED TO CARRIER AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNIT (P) 58. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS ON JANUARY 18, 1946 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.