World War II Honoree

Alfred Young

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

East Islip, New York

Honored By

Erik MacEwen

Relationship

Friend

SPOKE THE GERMAN LANGUAGE FLUENTLY AND AIDED BY ACTING AS AN INTERPRETER BETWEEN GERMAN PRISONERS AND ALLIED FORCES. BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS: INVASION OF SICILY AND 3 INVASIONS IN THE PACIFIC. ALSO SERVED ABOARD THE USS LEONARD WOOD. STATIONED AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS IN 1945 UNDER COMMANDER JACK DEMPSEY, HIS COMMANDING OFFICER. DECORATIONS: GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL.