World War II Honoree

Monte Dean Morris

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Fort Worth, Texas

Honored By

Tulln Air Base Austria Reunion

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN 1940. STATIONED ON THE USS UTAH ANCHORED AT PEARL HARBOR WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. THE UTAH WAS SUNK IN THE HARBOR. HE WAS AMONG THE SURVIVORS WHO SWAM ASHORE. THEN ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP USS MARYLAND AND LATER TO THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS SARATOGA. LAST ASSIGNMENT TO A SHIP WAS THE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LUNGA POINT. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 18 BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON WITH STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY AND ENLISTED IN THE U.S. AIRFORCE. STATIONED AT TULLN AIR BASE, AUSTRIA IN THE 18TH WEATHER SQUADRON AS A RAWINSONDE OPERATOR.