World War II Honoree

Horace O. Nations

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Snyder, Texas

Honored By

Violet

Relationship

Wife

ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO THE DESTROYER, USS ELLISON DDE-824 AND INITIALLY DEPLOYED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WHILE USING DETECTION DEVICES, A GERMAN SUBMARINE WAS SUNK BY THE ELLISON IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE GERMAN CREW WAS RESCUED AND INTERNED TO A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN CONTINENTAL U.S. SHIP WAS LATER CONVERTED TO A MINESWEEPER AND ASSIGNED AS THE FLAG SHIP FOR A FLEET OF OVER 200 SHIPS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA AND WAS THE FIRST SHIP TO ENTER TOKYO BAY AFTER CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WHERE THEY SWEPT THE SEA LANES OF MINES FOR THE ENTRY OF THE USS MISSOURI.