World War II Honoree

Clyde William Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

DeLeon, Texas

Honored By

G. Holman King

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED U.S. NAVY ON JUNE 16, 1944 AT CAMP DOWNS, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING ASSIGNED TO USS SAN SABA, APA-232 (ATTACK TRANSPORT). OPERATED IN NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, NEW GUINEA, MARSHALL AND SOLOMON ISLANDS. TWO DAYS AFTER JAPAN OFFICIALLY SURRENDERED ARRIVED IN SENDAI, JAPAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL TROOP DISEMBARKATION. USS SAN SABA COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER U.S. SHIP NEAR ENIWETOK ATOLL OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. SHIP WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS THOMAS E. FRASER DM-24 DESTROYER MINE LAYER/SWEEPER. CAMPAIGNS: AMERICAN AREA, ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREAS, WWII VICTORY. RANK: SEAMAN 1ST CLASS. DISCHARGED JUNE 10, 1946 AT CAMP WALLACE, TEXAS SEPARATION CENTER.