World War II Honoree

Edwin Wayne Perryman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Honored By

Edwin Wayne Perryman, Jr.

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED ON 6 JANUARY 1942. SERVED ABOARD THE USS FRANKLIN CV-13 FROM HER COMMISSIONING ON 31 JANUARY 1944, WAS ONBOARD WHEN THE KAMIKAZE HIT HER OFF SAMAR ON 30 OCTOBER 1944 DURING THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, AND WHEN HIT BY JAPANESE BOMBER OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN ON 19 MARCH 1945 WHEN THE FRANKLIN HAD MANEUVERED CLOSER TO JAPAN THAN ANY OTHER U.S. CARRIER DURING THE WAR. SAILED WITH HER FROM THE PACIFIC THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO NEW YORK HARBOR FOR REPAIRS AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD ON 30 APRIL 1945. WAS A 'PLANK-OWNER' OF THE FRANKLIN, INDICATING THAT HE SERVED CONTINUOUSLY ON THE FRANKLIN FROM COMMISSIONING UNTIL THE FRANKLIN RETURNED TO THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARDS FOR REPAIRS IN APRIL 1945.