World War II Honoree

Charles Clyde 'Chuck' Clubine

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Havana, Kansas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET (CV-12). PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS IN THE BONIN ISLANDS, PALAU ISLANDS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INCLUDING THE LEYTE LANDINGS, AT OKINAWA, FORMOSA, TOKYO, JAPAN AND IWO JIMA. HIS SHIP WAS CAUGHT IN A SEVERE TYPHOON ON JUNE 4-5, 1945 AND SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FLIGHT DECK. 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. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.