World War II Honoree

Philip Miles Bauer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hartford, Connecticut

Honored By

David Shuck

Relationship

Nephew

ENLISTED APRIL 1943. BOOT CAMP IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ATTENDED AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. OPERATIONAL TRAINING IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA FORMING SQUADRON VPB-199 IN WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON VIA SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SQUADRON WENT TO KODIAK ISLAND TOWARD THE END OF THE WAR. ON JANUARY 14, 1945 WHILE STATIONED AT WHIDBEY ISLAND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PARACHUTE JUMP IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS NEAR MT. BAKER WHERE HE SURVIVED FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED. FOR HIS BRAVERY HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE CATERPILLAR CLUB. HONORABLY DISCHARGED APRIL 1946.