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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Durwood Hicks

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

VFW Post 23 Ladies Auxiliary, Lebanon, PA

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ON THE USS IOWA FROM 1944 TO 1946 FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS TO JAPAN PROPER AND ALL IN BETWEEN AND WITNESSED THE SIGNING OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE WHILE STANDING ON THE DECK OF THE USS IOWA BERTHED ALONGSIDE THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY.