World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Roderick J. Fernandez
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Wichita Falls, Kansas
Relationship
Self
ENTERED SERVICE IN 1943 AND TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ATTENDED GUNNERY SCHOOL AT PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA. SERVED ON USS AMERICAN LEGION, A TROOP TRANSPORT THAT CARRIED MARINES FROM THE 1ST AND 3D MARINE DIVISIONS TO OKINAWA, IWO JIMA AND OTHERS. WAS ON THE WAY TO JAPAN WHEN WAR ENDED. DISCHARGED AT SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA IN 1946.