World War II Honoree

James Robert Cramer

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Norwood, Missouri

Honored By

Melissa Farncomb

Relationship

granddaughter

SERVED FROM APRIL 1944 TO APRIL 1946 AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS. SERVED WITH THE ARMED GUARD GUNNERY CREW AND TRANSPORTED AMMUNITIONS, GUNS AND TRUCKS TO ALLIED FORCES IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM AND JAPAN. SERVED ON THE HORATIO ALAN THE LIBERTY SHIP AND ALSO ABOARD VICTORY SHIPS. WHEN HE WAS NOT MANNING THE GUNS HE TAUGHT AIRPLANE RECOGNITION TO THE CREW.