World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ralph Neely
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE AS AN ENSIGN AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND COMMANDED A MINESWEEPER IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS IN ALASKA. THEN PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS AT TARAWA ATOLL IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN JANUARY 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.