World War II Honoree

Norman Henry Eging

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Geauga County, Ohio

Honored By

Geauga Junior Genealogists 4-H Club

ENTERED MARCH 1944 AND TRAINED AT CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA FOR THE SEABEES. RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT BAINBRIDGE NAVAL BASE IN MARYLAND AT THE ORDNANCE SCHOOL FOR ELECTRICAL AND HYDRAULIC TO MAINTAIN GUNS AND AMMUNITIONS. SERVED ON THE BATTLESHIP USS WYOMING FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. ASSIGNED TO USS HAVERFIELD (DE-393). ENLISTED IN THE AMPHIBIOUS FORCES IN MID 1945. SERVED AS A QUARTERMASTER/ HELMSMAN AND ORDNANCE IN THE PACIFIC ON LST 663 TAKING TROOPS, MACHINERY, AND SUPPLIES TO ISLANDS. RETURNED HOME THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL AND TRAVELED UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS TO AN ARMY POST AND ON TO GALVESTON, TEXAS AND DECOMMISSIONED THE SHIP. DISCHARGED ON MAY 23, 1946. RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.