World War II Honoree

James Ellis Wickersham

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Puyallup, Washington

Honored By

James Ellis Wickersham

Relationship

Self

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN AND THE PACIFIC THEATERS. ENLISTED ON FEBRUARY 12, 1940. SERVED ON THE USS PENNSYLVANIA AT PEARL HARBOR. WAS IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND TRANSFERRED TO COMMISSARY STEWARD SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO. MADE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER THERE AND WAS SENT TO THE LST 1000. WENT TO EUROPE AND SERVED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE. WENT TO THE PACIFIC AND DID ISLAND HOPPING. WENT ON TO OKINAWA. WHEN THE WAR ENDED WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE LST 629 INSTEAD OF GOING HOME. DISCHARGED ON FEBRUARY 25, 1946. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL WITH 1 STAR, POINT SYSTEM, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 4 STARS, AMERICAN AREA MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION OF THE USS PENNSYLVANIA.