World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Nelson Morehouse Watson
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kent, Connecticut
Honored By
The Watson Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND; RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; ARMED GUARD CENTER BROOKLYN, NEW YORK ABOARD SS LIBERTY GLOW, SS JOHN R. PARK, SS JAMES B. TRASK, APPRENTICE SEAMAN SCHOOL TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, ARMED GUARD CENTER PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND SS WAKE FOREST VICTORY. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.