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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Jere O. Hamill

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

V-12 PROGRAM AT MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MIDSHIPMEN'S SCHOOL. RECEIVED COMMISSION AS ENSIGN, ORDERED TO USS GAZELLE IN THE PACIFIC, AND EVENTUALLY BECOMING ITS COMMANDING OFFICER. SERVED IN ULITHI, PALAU ISLANDS, LEYTE GULF, OKINAWA, AND AFTER THE WAR AT INCHON, KOREA. DECOMMISSIONED SHIP IN NORFOLK.