World War II Honoree

Owen B. Olson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Kanawha, Iowa

Honored By

His Family

ENLISTED IN DECEMBER 1944. HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS ASHLAND LSD-1 IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE UNTIL JUNE 1946. HE ATTENDED BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AND GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVY SONAR SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO. HE SAW DUTY IN AND AROUND HAWAII, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, GUAM, NEW GUINEA AND CHINA WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN THE POST-WAR EVACUATION OF JAPANESE DIPLOMATS AND CIVIL SERVANTS FROM CHINA.