World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lloyd Allen Applewhite
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Courtland, Virginia
Honored By
Lloyd Allen Applewhite, Jr.
Relationship
Son
SERVED ABOARD USS IOWA IN PACIFIC THEATER AS A GUARD ORDERLY FOR ADMIRAL BADGER. DURING SERVICE, SHIP WAS INVOLVED IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OPERATION, SHELLING OF JAPAN AND WAS ALONGSIDE USS MISSOURI WHEN JAPAN SIGNED THE TERMS OF SURRENDER, SEPTEMBER 2, 1945.