World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leon Penn
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Debora Penn
Relationship
Wife
HE ENTERED THE U.S. NAVY IN 1944 IN SAN DIEGO AND WENT TO SONAR SCHOOL. HE LATER SHIPPED OUT TO HAWAII THEN TO OKINAWA AND ON TO YOKOSUKA. THERE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE DESTROYER USS FRED T. BERRY. FROM THERE THEY WERE SENT TO TSINGTAO. AND FROM TSINGTAO, THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH TO SHANGHAI.