World War II Honoree

Donald J. White

Branch of Service

U.S. Coast Guard

Hometown

Ridgewood, New York

Honored By

Brenda Brett Weck

Relationship

Friend

PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A RADIO TECHNICIAN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, NORTH AFRICA, MEDITERRANEAN, AND PACIFIC THEATERS ON CONVOY PATROL ABOARD THE CUTTER, USS BIBB. HIS SHIP TOOK PART IN THE LAST BATTLE OF THE WAR, THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. HE SURVIVED NEAR-MISSES FROM KAMIKAZE ATTACKS AND ONCE WEATHERED A TYPHOON IN OKINAWA'S BUCKNER BAY BY ROLLING AWAY AN ENTRY TO A BURIAL TOMB.