World War II Honoree

Loyd Quentin Mills

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Butler, Oklahoma

Honored By

Scott Vincent Mills

Relationship

Son

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY ON MARCH 16, 1943. AFTER TRAINING AT FARRAGUT, IDAHO, WAS ASSIGNED TO USS KASSAN BAY (CVE-6) AS AN ORDNANCEMAN SERVING IN CARRIER AIRCRAFT SERVICE UNITS 1 AND 36. PROVIDED AIR AND TRANSPORT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NOTABLY DURING THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. DURING THE INVASION, PLANES FROM THE KASSAN BAY BOMBED AND STRAFED GERMAN POSITIONS, DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF ENEMY VEHICLES AND TANKS AND DOWNING TWO ENEMY AIRCRAFT OVER THE BEACH. EARLY IN 1945, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC FLEET PROVIDED ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE PATROLS IN THE SHIPPING LANES BETWEEN THE MARSHALL AND MARIANA ISLANDS PROTECTING THE FLEET’S SUPPLY LINE DURING THE FINAL ASSAULT ON JAPAN’S DEFENSES. WHEN HOSTILITIES ENDED, WAS ASSIGNED TO 'MAGIC-CARPET' DUTY TO TRANSPORT HOMEWARD BOUND TROOPS TO THE UNITED STATES.