World War II Honoree

Herman Eugene Moss

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ardmore, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE ON JULY 24, 1943. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS DUNLAP (DD-384). SAILED FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON NOVEMBER 23, 1943 FOR PATROL DUTY OUT OF ADAK, ALASKA UNTIL DECEMBER 16, 1943. ARRIVED AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII ON DECEMBER 21, 1943 AND JOINED THE 5TH FLEET FOR DUTY IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS FROM JANUARY 19, 1944 TO MARCH 4, 1944. TOOK PART IN STRIKES ON THE SOERABAJA AREA OF JAVA ON MAY 17, 1944. JOINED THE FORCE TRANSPORTING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FROM THE U.S. TO CONFERENCES WITH PACIFIC COMMANDERS AT PEARL HARBOR AND ALASKAN BASES FROM JULY 7, 1944 TO AUGUST 12, 1944. TOOK PART IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF WAKE ISLAND ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1944 AND MARCUS ISLAND ON OCTOBER 9, 1944. PARTICIPATED IN ATTACKS ON LUZON AND THEN SUPPORTED THE LANDINGS AT LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN OCTOBER 1944. TOOK PART IN BOMBARDMENTS OF IWO JIMA FROM NOVEMBER 1944 TO JANUARY, 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON MARCH 26, 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.