World War II Honoree

Arvy A. Geurin

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bakersfield, California

Honored By

Gale W. Geurin

Relationship

Wife

SERVED ABOARD THE USS NAPA APA-157 FROM ITS COMMISSIONING IN ASTORIA, OR TO ITS DECOMMISSIONING IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AS PART OF THE BEACH PARTY. WENT ASHORE ON IWO JIMA ON 19 FEBRUARY 1945. HE WAS IN GUAM, ULITHI, ZOHNOIIYORU BAUK, OKINAWA, ALL JAPANESE TERRITORIES, AND LEYTE AND MANILA IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HE WENT ASHORE IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, AS PART OF THE OCCUPYING FORCE. HE WAS PART OF SHORE PARTY TO RESCUE NATIONALIST CHINESE IN TSINGTAO, CHINA TO BE TRANSPORTED BY THE NAPA TO FORMOSA.