World War II Honoree

Harry A. Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE COAST GUARD AS A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS AS THE CHIEF FIRE MARSHALL ABOARD THE TRANSPORT SHIP USS ADMIRAL H. T. MAYO (AP-125). SAILED FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON MAY 24, 1945 BOUND FOR LE HAVRE, FRANCE VIA THE PANAMA CANAL. ARRIVED ON JUNE 12, 1945 AND BEGAN A SERIES OF 'MAGIC CARPET' VOYAGES TO RETURN SERVICEMEN FROM EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC STATIONS TO THE U.S. AFTER A VOYAGE BETWEEN LE HAVRE AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, RETURNED TO MARSEILLES, FRANCE TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO THE PACIFIC THEATER FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST JAPAN. SAILED FROM MARSEILLES ON JULY 10, 1945 THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO OKINAWA, ARRIVING ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1945, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF JAPAN AND DECLARATION OF V-J DAY. MADE SEVERAL 'MAGIC CARPET' VOYAGES FROM OKINAWA, TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND KOREA TO WEST COAST PORTS AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.