World War II Honoree

Glyn C. Whidden

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Arcadia, Florida

Honored By

Louise

Relationship

Wife

ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO THE BATTLESHIP USS NEVADA BB-36 AND WAS ABOARD WHEN SHIP WAS ATTACKED AT PEARL HARBOR. SHIP WAS IN SINKING CONDITION. AFTER EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION, SHIP WAS SENT TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT THE NORMANDY INVASION AND THE SOUTHERN FRANCE OPERATIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER IN 1944. RETURNED TO PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. SPENT REMAINING MONTHS OF WAR PREPARING FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN.