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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James V. Bigelow

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Gardner, Kansas

Honored By

Mrs. Viola McConnell

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SHIPFITTER 2ND CLASS. HIS LAST DUTY STATION WAS ATTACHED TO COMMAND SERVICE DIVISION 101 IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE SERVED OVERSEAS FOR 11 MONTHS IN THE PACIFIC. RECEIVED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND CITATIONS FOR FIGHTING FIRE WHEN HIS SHIP WAS HIT BY A BOMB FROM A JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANE. THE JAPANESE PLANE THEN CRASHED ON AN ISLAND AFTER BOMBING THE SHIP. HE WAS ON ULITHI, AN ISLAND IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.