World War II Honoree

Gordon C. Gamble

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

Christopher L. Gamble

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED IN JULY, 1942 AT THE AGE OF 17. COMPLETED HOSPITAL CORPS SCHOOL AND SERVED AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE ON THE ALASKA FRONTIER, WITH ASSIGNMENTS AT ADAK, DUTCH HARBOR, THE MAKUSHIN VALLEY, AND OTTER POINT. RETURNED TO THE STATES IN MID-1944 FOR ASSIGNMENTS AT NAVAL HOSPITAL, SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA AND NAVAL HOSPITAL, CORONA, CALIFORNIA. WAS ABOARD THE USS HORNET EN ROUTE TO PEARL HARBOR FOR ASSIGNMENT TO LCI-398 WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED. SERVED ABOARD LCI-398 IN GUAM, TRUK, AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE MONTHS AFTER THE WAR ENDED.