World War II Honoree

Lewis Frank Evans

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cushing, Oklahoma

Honored By

E. Jane Wyckhoff-Evans

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED AT THE NAVY RECRUITING STATION AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA ON DECEMBER 17, 1941, TEN DAYS AFTER THE JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. SERVED DURING THE WAR AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE INCLUDING 2 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS OF FOREIGN AND SEA SERVICE. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT NAVAL HOSPITALS AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THE NAVAL OPERATING BASE AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, AND AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. ALSO ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL RESERVE PRE-MIDSHIPMEN’S SCHOOL AT ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY, THE NAVY V-12 (COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM) UNIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, THE PERSONNEL AND TRAINING COMMAND NAVAL REPAIR BASE AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING BASES AT NORFOLK AND LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA AND GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND WITH THE NAVAL TRAINING GROUP IN THE GALVESTON AREA. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII (PHTH) AND ABOARD THE STORES (REFRIGERATION) SHIP USS VALENTINE (AF-47). HIS SHIP SAILED FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA ON AUGUST 10, 1945 WITH PACIFIC FLEET SUPPLIES FOR PEARL HARBOR. WHILE EN ROUTE, JAPAN SURRENDERED ON AUGUST 14, 1945. AFTER TRANSITING THE PANAMA CANAL, ARRIVED AT PEARL HARBOR ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1945. AWARDED THE NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 9, 1945 AT NORMAN, OKLAHOMA WITH THE RATING OF PHARMACIST’S MATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. ENTERED ARMY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT.