World War II Honoree

Saul Myron Gottlieb

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Saul M. Gottlieb

Relationship

Self

INDUCTED AT SAMPSON, NEW YORK. TRANSFERRED TO USS ALCOR (AR-10), NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. AUGLIZER REPAIR FACILITY. TRANSFERRED TO USS KEITH (DE-241) AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA TO DUTY AS CONVOY ESCORT TO ENGLAND, EUROPE AND MEDITERRANEAN OF TROOPS AND MATERIALS. AS PART OF A GROUP OF DESTROYERS AND 5 PLANES, WAS ABLE TO BREAK THE BACK OF THE SUBMARINES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH ATLANTIC. CROSSED THE EQUATOR AND MADE PORT AT RECIFE, BRAZIL. RETURNED TO HOME BASE, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. AFTER BEING RE-SUPPLIED; MANEUVERED AND EXERCISED FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO BERMUDA AND RETURNED TO BROOKLYN. ASSIGNED TO USS LAERTES (AR-20) A REPAIR SHIP DESTINED FOR THE PACIFIC. WENT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO HONOLULU, HAWAII, THEN TO ENIWETOK ATOLL. AFTER A-BOMB WAS DROPPED AND JAPAN SURRENDERED, WAS SENT TO OKINAWA TO PICK UP A LARGE GROUP OF MARINES TO BE RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR DISCHARGE. MADE LANDFALL AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. DISCHARGED AT LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. SERVED IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AND EUROPE, AFRICA AND MEDITERRANEAN.