World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Enser William Cole, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Salisbury, North Carolina
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE SERVED AS A CAPTAIN IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND SAW COMBAT IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND GUADALCANAL AND TRAINED FOR THE POTENTIAL INVASION OF JAPAN. HE WAS LANDING MARINES FOR COMBAT WHEN HIS SHIP WAS HIT AND SUNK. HE THEN BECAME THE SKIPPER OF GUNBOAT #68 PATROLLING THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC.