World War II Honoree

Porter Hoagland, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Rumson, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (PRE-RADIO MATERIAL), HUGH MANLEY SCHOOL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (RADIO MATERIAL), NAVY PIER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA; COMMANDER SERVICE FORCES, 7TH FLEET, RECEIVING STATION, NAVY 3149, SAMAR ISLAND, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; USS LST 911; AND LANDING SHIP TANK FLOTILLA 8. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.