World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Elton Johnson Hicks
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Flatwood, Alabama
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE JOINED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN YEARS OLD AND SERVED AS A SEAMAN AND AS A TORPEDOMAN FIRST CLASS ON THE DESTROYER USS ANDERSON IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.