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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Floyd Havill Bible

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON JANUARY 25, 1944 AT FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AND ASSIGNED TO AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE MORO BAY DETACHMENT, MORO BAY, CALIFORNIA. LATER SERVED, IN TURN, WITH LANDING CRAFT UNIT 38, NAVY 128, PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII; NAVY OPERATING BASE, NAVY 3256, RYUKYUS ISLANDS AND LANDING CRAFT UNIT 40, NAVY 1170, KATCHIN HANTO, OKINAWA. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE BATTLE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CARPENTER’S MATE SECOND CLASS ON NOVEMBER 6, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA.