World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Joseph Gates
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Curlew, Iowa
Honored By
Jean Ann Gates Todd
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED FROM 1939 TO 1945 ON THE USS CHARLES CARROLL AS A SIGNALMAN. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, NORMANDY AND OKINAWA. ERNIE PYLE WAS ON THE USS CHARLES CARROLL ON L-DAY MINUS ONE, OPERATION ICEBERG (INVASION OF OKINAWA).