World War II Honoree

John Walter Ziegler

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Ken & Curt Dolderer

Relationship

Brothers-in-law

SERVED GALLANTLY AND HONORABLY AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVY ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS FORREST DURING OPERATION OVERLORD NORMANDY LANDINGS. THE USS FORREST ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA .THE USS FORREST WHILE OPERATING AS A DMS MINESWEEPER WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT WHILE OPERATING OFF THE COAST OF OKINAWA.