World War II Honoree

Ernest John Wiedmann

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Westbrook, Maine

Honored By

Myrtle Wiedmann, Karen and Charles

Relationship

Wife, Children and Families.

SERVED AS ENGINEERING OFFICER ABOARD THE HOSPITAL SHIP USS RELIEF AH1 IN THE ATLANTIC THEATER FROM 20 JUNE 1941 UNTIL ORDERED TO THE PACIFIC ON 23 FEBRUARY 1943. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS: SOLOMON ISLANDS, GILBERT ISLANDS, MARSHALL ISLANDS AND THE MARINAS. USS RELIEF PERFORMED SERVICE AT TARAWA, ROI NAMUR, SAIPAN, TINIAN AND PELELIU. AFTER REFIT IN SAN FRANCISCO, DEPARTED 10 FEBRUARY 1945 TO SERVE AS FLEET HOSPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR. DEPARTED SUBIC BAY 28 AUGUST 1945 TO RECOVER ALLIED P.O.W' S FROM THE FORMER JAPANESE PRISON CAMP AT MUKDEN, MANCHURIA. ARRIVED SAN FRANCISCO 2 FEBRUARY 1946 WHERE THE P.O.W.'S WERE DISEMBARKED. ARRIVED NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 28 FEBRUARY 1946. HE IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE STAR, THE ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE STAR, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH ONE STAR, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.