World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John J. Darlington
Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Honored By
John J. Darlington
Relationship
Son
CAPTURED BY JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES ON DECEMBER 12, 1941. COMMAND WAS AS A POW UNTIL LIBERATION ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1945. GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY (1926) AND MAINTAINED A RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE.