World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Martin Nester, Sr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mobile, Alabama
Honored By
Family
PROUDLY SERVED AS PILOT FROM 1940 TO 1947 AND FLEW CONVOY COVER AND ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROLS IN THE PBY-5A ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WHEN STATIONED IN GREENLAND AND THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR WHEN STATIONED IN NORTHERN AFRICA. PARTICIPATED IN MISSIONS WITH PATROL SQUADRON VP-31 AND PATROL SQUADRON VP-63 'THE MAD CATS'.