World War II Honoree

Ernest P. Ashley, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Columbia, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED GUARDS. PLACED ABOARD MERCHANT SHIPS TO MAN DEFENSIVE GUNS AND PROTECT AGAINST ENEMY SEA AND AIR ATTACK. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATERS, INCLUDING OPERATING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.