World War II Honoree

John W. Neighoff

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Linthicum, Maryland

Honored By

Dorothy Neighoff, James, Carolyn, Steven & Linda

Relationship

His Wife, Children & Families

GRADUATE OF LCT TRAINING IN LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA IN OCTOBER 1942. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER ON LCT 218, FLOTILLA 9. TOOK PART IN THE INVASIONS OF NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY AND NORMANDY SUPPLYING FUEL AND AMMUNITION ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS TO ALL BEACHHEADS. RETURNED TO THE STATES AFTER V-E DAY AND ASSIGNED TO THE USS LSM 493. PARTICIPATED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR THE PLANNED INVASION OF JAPAN. HIS SHIP WAS AT ENIWETOK ATOLL ON V-J DAY. RECIPIENT OF THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 5 BATTLE STARS, THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON, THE AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.