World War II Honoree

John Charles England

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Pasadena, California

Honored By

John Peterson

HE SURVIVED THE INITIAL ATTACK ON THE USS OKLAHOMA AND ESCAPED TOPSIDE AS THE SHIP WAS CAPSIZING. HE REMEMBERED THE MEN STILL IN THE RADIO ROOM. HE RETURNED THREE TIMES TO THE RADIO ROOM, EACH TIME GUIDING A MAN TO SAFETY. HE LEFT TO GO BACK BELOW DECKS FOR THE FOURTH TIME AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. HIS GALLANT EFFORT SAVED THREE, BUT COST HIM HIS LIFE. IN 1943, THE USS ENGLAND DE-635 WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR.