World War II Honoree

Stanley Allender Gibson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Clay County, Illinois

Honored By

Robert Medley Gatewood

ENLISTED AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN ON APRIL 20TH 1942 AT THE NAVY RECRUITING STATION, SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI. COMPLETED BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. ASSIGNED TO AND SERVED ABOARD THE WICKES CLASS DESTROYER USS SCHLEY DD-103 WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO A HIGH SPEED TRANSPORT (APD-14) IN 1943 OPERATING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT AND EVALUATION AT BASE HOSPITAL #17, NEW GUINEA; NAVAL HOSPITAL OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA; AND NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. UPON RECOMMENDATION OF A BOARD OF MEDICAL SURVEY, HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A MACHINIST’S MATE SECOND CLASS ON JULY 18, 1945 AT SAME STATION. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.