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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Wilson Creamer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Riverside, California

Honored By

John Peterson

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Activity During WWII

AS A DOUGLAS TBD-1 DEVASTATOR TORPEDO BOMBER PILOT IN TORPEDO SQUADRON 8 OPERATING OFF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET CV-8 AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, HE GAVE HIS LIFE ON 4 JUNE 1942 IN HEROICALLY PRESSING HOME AN ATTACK AGAINST A JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE FACE OF OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION. FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM AT MIDWAY, HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY.