World War II Honoree

Samuel Adams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Northampton, Massachusetts

Honored By

John Peterson

ON JUNE 6, HE SPOTTED THE JAPANESE DESTROYER TANIKAZE AND ATTACKED; HIS PLANE DISAPPEARED IN THE CLOUDS AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN, PRESUMED DOWNED BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE FROM THE DESTROYER. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED A THIRD NAVY CROSS FOR THE MISSION IN WHICH HE LOCATED THE HIRYU. THE U.S. NAVY DESTROYER USS ADAMS DM-27, WHICH SAW DUTY IN THE LATTER PART OF WWII, WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.