World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jacob Austin Whipple
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Mystic, Connecticut
Honored By
The Whipple Family
SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION SAMPSON, NEW YORK; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL DEARBORN, MICHIGAN; RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK; RECEIVING STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND ABOARD USS MAUMEE AO-2. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.