World War II Honoree

Everett Earl Cline

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pateros, Washington

Honored By

Keith Holbrook & LTC Charles T. Borg, USA-Ret.

MEMBER OF ARMY RESERVES WHEN U.S. DECLARED WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND GERMANY IN DECEMBER 1941. REQUESTED RELEASE TO JOIN NAVY. SERVED ON WARSHIPS AND WAS INVOLVED AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND LIBERATION OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DISCHARGED IN 1945, HAVING BEEN AWARDED AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.