World War II Honoree

Ernest Halcomb

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Corbin, Kentucky

Honored By

Catherine Halcomb

Relationship

Wife

SERVED ON THE USS SARATOGA AS FIREMAN 3RD CLASS, FIREMAN 2ND CLASS AND FIREMAN 1ST CLASS; ENGINE ROOM. SERVED ABOARD FROM NOVEMBER 1941 TO DECEMBER 1943. HE WAS THEN SENT TO SHEPPARD TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER SCHOOL FROM FEBRUARY 1944 TO MAY 1944. FROM JUNE 1944 TO MAY 1946. SERVED AS CHIEF MACHINIST'S MATE ABOARD THE USS D.M. CUMMINGS.