World War II Honoree

Johnnie Lynwood Witt

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ripley, Mississippi

JOINED THE NAVY OCTOBER 31, 1942 IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. HE WAS SENT TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FOR 12 WEEKS BOOT CAMP. THEN WENT TO SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA TO BOARD THE USS DOYEN WHERE HE SPENT 38 MONTHS, 5 DAYS, 45 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS. STARTED OUR INVASIONS AT KISKA, ALASKA THEN KWAJALEIN ATOLL, TARAWA, MARSHAL ISLANDS, LEYTE, QUEZON IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THEN IWO JIMA. THE SHIP ACTED AS A HOSPITAL SHIP AT IWO JIMA FOR 33 DAYS THEN LEFT FOR PEARL HARBOR. AFTER PEARL HARBOR WE HEADED FOR SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA AND WAS DISCHARGED.