World War II Honoree

Bennie Easter

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED AS A RADIO SPECIALIST IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH TRANSPORT SQUADRON 20 ABOARD THE TRANSPORT SHIP USS ZEILIN (AP-9) AND ATTACK TRANSPORT SHIP USS MONTOUR (APA-101). PARTICIPATED IN TROOP TRANSPORT OPERATIONS. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ‘MAGIC CARPET’ OPERATIONS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. THIS WAS THE CODE NAME FOR THE RAPID RETURN OF SERVICE PERSONNEL BY WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORT VESSELS FROM THEATER TO THE U.S.A. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.