World War II Honoree

Kenneth Farrell Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rosedale, Kentucky

Honored By

Irene Adams

Relationship

His Wife

ENLISTED ON MAY 29, 1943 AT CINCINNATI, OHIO. ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ATTENDED U.S. NAVY RADIO SCHOOL AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA FROM AUGUST 1943 TO JANUARY 1944. ATTENDED MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL IN JANUARY 1944 AT NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONNECTICUT. TRANSFERRED FOR SEA DUTY TO THE USS EDSALL DE-129, FLAGSHIP OF ATLANTIC FLEET ESCORT DIVISION 59 AND ATTENDED SUBMARINE CHASER TRAINING SCHOOL AT MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE USS EDSALL MADE NUMEROUS ROUND TRIPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ESCORTING TROOP AND SUPPLY CONVOYS TO ITALY, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. SERVED ABOARD THE USS EDSALL FROM FEBRUARY 1944 TO JANUARY 1945. WAS THEN TRANSFERRED FOR DUTY ABOARD THE USS WALTER B. COBB APD-106. ASSIGNED FOR DUTY IN THE NAVY OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. MEDALS EARNED: AMERICAN THEATRE, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL (JAPAN). DISCHARGED AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 23, 1946. WHEN ABOARD THE USS EDSALL SURVIVED THE GREAT ATLANTIC HURRICANE OF SEPTEMBER 1944. FOLLOWING 'OPERATION MAGIC CARPET' THE USS COBB MADE ONE FINAL CROSSING TO MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS 1945 THE USS COBB RETURNED VIA GUAM, ENIWETOK, PEARL HARBOR, THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS.