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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Earl R. Wege

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norfolk, Nebraska

Honored By

American Legion Post #117

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1943,COMPLETING BOOT CAMP AT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, FARRAGUT, IDAHO. CONTRACTED RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RECEIVED REHABILITATION IN FARRAGUT AND AT THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL IN CORONA, CALIFORNIA. SERVED AT TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA THEN GUAM. WAS ASSIGNED AS A SEAMAN 1ST CLASS ABOARD THE USS PHAON ARB-3 AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF ACTION. THE USS PHAON WAS SAILING FOR JAPAN WHEN THE BOMBING THERE ENDED THE WAR. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JULY 1946.