World War II Honoree

Kermit Kenneth Eggebroten

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boulder, Colorado

Honored By

J.K. August

Relationship

Son

TRAINING AND (RE)INVASION OF ADAK IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. SERVED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF YEARS ON ADAK IN THE ALEUTIANS; ON HITTING THE BEACHES IN 1944, THEY DISCOVERED MOST OF THE JAPANESE MARINES HAD BEEN REMOVED BY DESTROYERS UNDER DARKNESS ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE. REMAINDER OF THE WAR WAS SPENT FINDING SIMILAR ABANDONED ENCAMPMENTS IN THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN OF ISLANDS.