World War II Honoree

Roy Samuel Green

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

WITH HIS PARENTS' PERMISSION, ENLISTED AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN AT AGE 17. WHILE HOME ON LEAVE FROM OVERSEAS, WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LESLIE EDGAR ETCHASON (WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ABOARD THE USS ARIZONA AT PEARL HARBOR) VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 3999, CHARTERED ON JANUARY 28, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN 1ST CLASS ON DECEMBER 11, 1945 AT THE NAVAL SEPARATION CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.