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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

James Orville Emerson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Omaha, Nebraska

Honored By

His Children

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERIAL NUMBER 317 15 02. JOINED THE NAVY A FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY (AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION) IN JUNE 1944. HE SERVED ABOARD THE TANKER THE USS OCKLAWAHA IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND WENT ON TO SERVE AGAIN IN THE KOREAN WAR AND THE NAVAL RESERVES UNTIL 1962.