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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Melvin D. Webb

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Augusta, Georgia

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ON THE USS EUGENE E. ELMORE (DE-686) AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS, ASSISTING IN THE RESCUE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE SINKING OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21), BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.