World War II Honoree

Samuel Lee Webster

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

John W. Webster

Relationship

Brother

COMPLETED BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED WITH A NAVAL SEABEE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ATTACHED TO A MARINE REGIMENT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF AN AMPHIBIOUS UNIT THAT USED THE CODE NAME ‘LION 8’ AND SAW ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.