World War II Honoree

Eldon Nicholson Wolcott

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Martin County, Texas

Honored By

G. Holman King

COMMISSIONED IN 1945 UPON COMPLETION OF V-12 PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. HAD ORDERS TO REPORT FOR TRAINING AS LANDING SHIP COMMANDER IN INVASION OF JAPAN WHEN JAPAN SURRENDERED. REPORTED FOR DUTY ABOARD CRUISER USS DENVER IN EARLY 1946. SERVED ON TRAINING AND GOOD-WILL CRUISE UP THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TO QUEBEC, CANADA AND THEN TO BERMUDA BEFORE RETURNING TO U. S. IN APRIL, 1946. DEACTIVATED AS ENSIGN IN NAVAL RESERVE.