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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John D. Gibson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Marion, Michigan

Honored By

Myrtle Clark Gibson

Relationship

Wife

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE RAILROAD AT THE AMMUNITION DEPOT IN MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA. ALL OF THEIR AMMUNITION WAS TAKEN BY RAIL TO UNDERGROUND BUNKERS. HE ATTENDED MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT NOTRE DAME IN INDIANA. SERVED WITH THE ORDNANCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THEN LEARNED MINE WARFARE IN YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA. HE SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER, 1943 UNTIL MARCH, 1946.