World War II Honoree

Jack J. Hobbs

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rocky, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. SERVED AS A RADIOMAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE SUBMARINE USS QUILLBACK (SS-424). FOLLOWING SHAKE-DOWN TRAINING AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, THE SUB WAS ORDERED TO PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. HIS BOAT TOOK PART IN AN EXPERIMENTAL ORDNANCE PROJECT IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA EN ROUTE. PARTICIPATED IN THE ONLY WAR PATROL OF USS QUILLBACK FROM MAY 30, 1945 TO JULY 24, 1945 OPERATING PRIMARILY IN THE WATERS OFF KYUSHU, JAPAN. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS SERVICE AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.