World War II Honoree

Emil J. Gaudet

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lynn, Massachusetts

Honored By

Barbara Champigny

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED ON JULY 20, 1942. ASSIGNED TO STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK ON NAVY TUG, AND FROM THERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO USS TATUM DE-789 UNTIL HIS DISCHARGE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1945. ENGAGED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA, THE OKINAWA GUNTA OPERATION AND THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HAD A TOUR OF NAGASAKI AFTER THE DROPPING OF THE A-BOMB.