World War II Honoree

Frank Alexander Nagy

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Allen Park, Michigan

Honored By

Ellen Couch

Relationship

Daughter

FIREMAN FIRST CLASS. INDUCTED MAY 11, 1944, DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 17, 1945. JOINED 7TH FLEET ASIATIC AMPHIBIOUS FORCE ABOARD USS ANDERSON DD-411. OCCUPIED JAPAN'S OMINATO NAVAL BASE; JAPANESE OFFICIALS CAME ABOARD THE USS ANDERSON AT OMORI CITY TO SURRENDER AMERICAN PRISONERS. JOINED USS MELVIN DD-680 ON OCTOBER 12, 1945 AND RODE THE SHIP HOME TO HUNTER'S POINT, CALIFORNIA. AWARDED AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC RIBBON WITH ONE STAR AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. FROM MAY TO AUGUST 1945, BOMBARDED VARIOUS BASES AT KURILE ISLANDS INCLUDING PARAMUSHIRO WHICH WAS CONSIDERED JAPAN'S PEARL HARBOR; PENETRATED BEYOND THE KURILE ISLANDS INTO OKHOTSK SEA VERY CLOSE TO SIBERIA. ON BIKINI ATOLL JULY 1, 1946, USS ANDERSON WAS SUNK BY ATOMIC BOMB TEST CONDUCTED BY U.S. NAVY, A FITTING GESTURE THAT SHE JOIN THE 24 MEN WHO DIED ABOARD SHIP, THAN TO BE TORN APART IN SOME JUNKYARD.