World War II Honoree

Albert J. Wengert

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Fairhope, Alabama

Honored By

Delvon H. Greenlee

Relationship

Friend

SERVED ON A COAST GUARD ARMY SHIP UNDER ARMY COAST GUARD COMMAND, MENDORO. INDUCTED IN 1943 IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. BOOT CAMP: ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. RELEASED FROM PONCE D'LEON HOTEL IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA (MUSTERED OUT). RELEASED FROM ARMY IN THE LATTER PART OF 1945. WAS IN JAPAN ONE MONTH AFTER THE ATOM BOMB WAS DROPPED.