World War II Honoree

Truxton King Field

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

East Saint Louis, Illinois

Honored By

Marjory Field

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON APRIL 6, 1942 AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED IN TURN AT SAME STATION TO SUBMARINE REPAIR UNIT, NAVAL HOSPITAL, AND SUBMARINE REPAIR UNIT. FOLLOW-ON ASSIGNMENTS WERE WITH FLEET AIR WING 17 HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, SERVICE ABOARD THE SMALL SEAPLANE TENDER USS HERON AVP-4, AND WITH SUBMARINE REPAIR UNIT, NAVY 137 (FREEMANTLE, AUSTRALIA). EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A MACHINIST’S MATE FIRST CLASS ON OCTOBER 17, 1945 AT THE NAVAL PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.