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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Ralph Radd

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Honored By

Newell P. Davis

Relationship

Friend

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SENIOR CHIEF PHARMACIST'S MATE. ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 1941. SERIAL NUMBER 223-969. SERVED ABOARD THE USS GENERAL D. W. AULTMAN AP-156, A TROOP TRANSPORT CARRYING 5000 TROOPS WITH A 100 BED COMPLETE HOSPITAL, WITH TRIPS TO FRANCE, PANAMA, NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OKINAWA, JAPAN. ALSO SERVED ON A SPECIAL ELECTRONIC DESTROYER ASSIGNED TO THE MONITORING OF THE SHIPS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PEACETIME ATOMIC BOMB DROP IN THE BIKINI ATOLL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. RECEIVED HONORABLE DISCHARGE JUNE 1946.