World War II Honoree

Norvin T. Whitmore

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

York, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Donna J. Rahart & Patricia Tulloch

Relationship

Daughters

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN IN MAY 1942. TAUGHT COMMUNICATIONS, SEAMANSHIP AND NAVIGATION AT THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FROM AUGUST 1942 TO NOVEMBER 1944. WAS IN CHARGE OF 150 NAVAL ENLISTED MEN ABOARD THE USS GENERAL M. C. MEIGS AP-116 TO RIO DE JANEIRO WHERE BRAZILIAN TROOPS WERE PICKED UP AND TRANSPORTED TO ITALY. THEN ASSIGNED AS EDUCATIONAL AND LEGAL OFFICER TO ARZEW, AFRICA. PARTICIPATED IN LANDINGS AT MARSEILLES, FRANCE. THEN ASSIGNED TO THE PHILADELPHIA NAVAL YARD AS THE OFFICER IN COMMAND OF THE ENLISTED PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER. SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN NOVEMBER 1946, THEN IN THE NAVAL AIR RESERVES.