World War II Honoree

Everett Austin Parke

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Grand Junction, Colorado

Honored By

Margaret Ellen Parke

Relationship

Daughter

HE GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ON 7 JUNE 1944, THE DAY AFTER D-DAY AND HE WENT TO THE PACIFIC. HE WAS AN ENSIGN ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS IOWA BB-61, FIGHTING THE JAPANESE. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, EXPERIENCED THE TERRIBLE TYPHOON COBRA (DECEMBER 1944), AND WAS PRESENT IN TOKYO BAY WHEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED IN AUGUST 1945.