World War II Honoree

Charles Edward Fosha

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Riley, Kansas

Honored By

Edna Owens Fosha & Charles E., Randi & Rhonda

Relationship

Wife & Children

SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING WWII. AVIATOR AND SERVED ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS USS SARATOGA CV-3 AND USS YORKTOWN CV-5. SHOT DOWN AND CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE DURING AN AERIAL ATTACK ON JALUIT ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (FEBRUARY 1, 1942). SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN ZENTSUJI, SHIKOKU, JAPAN. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMAPIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, NAVY OCCUPATION MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE U.S. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS MEDAL FOR HEROISM DURING CAPTIVITY. RETIRED AFTER OVER 25 YEARS OF HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE AS A COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY.