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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Grover G. Hanes

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ON THE USS EUGENE E. ELMORE (DE-686) AND ASSISTED IN THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21), THAT WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ON THE EVENING OF MAY 29, 1944.