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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald Edmund Hanson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lexington, Kentucky

Honored By

Joseph William Donna

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

NAVAL MINE DEPOT, YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. ATLANTIC THEATER - USS FIRM IN NORTH ATLANTIC; USS JACK W. WILKES, CONVOY DUTY, AFRICA, FRANCE AND ENGLAND. PACIFIC THEATER, 1944-1946 - USS ANCON COMMAND AND COMMUNICATION SHIP SAIPAN, LIBERATION OF PHILIPPINES AND INVASION OF OKINAWA, AND SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 IN TOKYO BAY; WITNESSED JAPAN'S FORMAL SURRENDER CEREMONIES. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1946.