World War II Honoree

Augusta G. Coffey

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cincinnati, Ohio

Relationship

Self

ENLISTED 1941 IN CINCINNATI, OHIO. BASIC TRAINING IN GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. WENT TO NAVY PIER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FOR 7 MONTHS. TOOK AVIATION MECHANIC'S TRAINING THERE AND WENT TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR MACHINIST'S MATES. THEN TOOK PARACHUTE RIGGER'S TRAINING THERE AS WELL. THEN SHIPPED TO TREASURE ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO, THEN TO HAWAII FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS UNTIL MAY OF 1943. THEN SHIPPED TO NEW CALEDONIA AND TRANSFERRED SHIPS GUADALCANAL, THEN TO RUSSELL ISLANDS, THEN TO NEW GEORGIA IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. BACK TO RUSSELL ISLANDS AND RE-OUTFITTED THEN WENT TO TREASURE ISLAND IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. BACK TO RUSSELL ISLANDS TO RE-OUTFIT THEN OFF TO GREEN ISLAND (NORTHERN SOLOMON ISLANDS). THEN BACK TO THE RUSSELL ISLANDS AND BACK TO THE STATES AT MOFFETT FIELD IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THEN TO LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR A FEW MONTHS. TRANSFERRED TO FALLON, NEVADA, THEN TO BRUNSWICK MAINE, THEN TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. SHIPPED OUT ON THE VALLEY FORGE TO THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. BACK TO NORFOLK TO BE DISCHARGED IN 1947, THEN BACK HOME TO CINCINNATI, OHIO. AMERICAN DEFENSE RIBBON AND 4 BATTLE STARS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.