World War II Honoree

Ernest Peter Babbitt

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwichtown, Connecticut

Honored By

The Babbitt Family

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, RECEIVING STATION PIER 92 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 8TH BEACH BATTALION ADVANCED BASE ASSEMBLY AND TRAINING UNIT LIDO BEACH LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, BEACH BATTALION SCHOOL AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASE KAMAOLE, HAWAII, ABOARD USS NAPA APA-157 AND RECEIVING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.