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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Lloyal G. Ashford

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Clinton, North Carolina

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS SHAW WHEN IT WAS CRIPPLED BY JAPANESE BOMBERS AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. THE SHAW WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND THE CREW ORDERED TO ABANDON SHIP ALTHOUGH IT WAS LATER REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO DUTY. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA, THE USS CRAVEN AND THE USS SAN FRANCISCO AND FOUGHT IN CRUCIAL SEA BATTLES SUCH AS THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WHICH TURNED THE TIDE OF WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.