World War II Honoree

William Cornelius Emerson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Stonington, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION BAINBRIDGE, MARYLAND, NAVAL FRONTIER BASE, TOMPKINSVILLE, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, NAVAL ADVANCE BASE PERSONNEL DEPOT, CAMP ALLEN, NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, NAVAL TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA, NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT NAVY #3002 SUBIC BAY, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (SALVAGE), PIER 88, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.