World War II Honoree

Owen S. Allbritton, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Clearwater, Florida

Honored By

Cedio S. Saltarelli

Relationship

Friend

ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY OCTOBER 7, 1943 AT AGE 17. ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE NOVEMBER 21,1943. ASSIGNED TO PILOT TRAINING SERVICE SCHOOLS CARMAC TRAINING MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. FLIGHT PREPARATORY IN KENTUCKY, PREFLIGHT TRAINING IN GEORGIA. BASIC AND INSTRUMENT TRAINING CORPUS CHRISTY, TEXAS. PRIMARY TRAINING NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING CORPUS CHRISTY, TEXAS PRE OPERATIONS TEXAS. SERVICE VESSELS AND STATIONS SERVED ON NAVAL AIR STATIONS FT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. NAVAL AIR STATION CECIL FIELD JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA VT-98 NAVAL AIR STATION. LOS ALAMOS NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA NAVAL AIR STATION SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA. COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN ON DECEMBER 12, 1945. ACTIVE DUTY AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE AND RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1947. RECEIVED THE AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.