World War II Honoree

Edwin E. Young

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Elizabeth S. Young

Relationship

Wife

INDUCTED INTO U.S. NAVY, JANUARY 1944. TRAINED AT GREAT LAKES. TRANSFERRED TO MERRILL AND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND WAS ASSIGNED TO USS MAHAN. THE SHIP WAS IN DRY DOCK FOR REPAIRS. DEPLOYED FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO PEARL HARBOR, THEN TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, SAIPAN, NEW GUINEA, THEN LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. LANDED TROOPS ON OMAR BAY DECEMBER 7, 1944. ATTACKED BY KAMIKAZE PLANES, SHOT DOWN 5 AND 6. SHIP WAS SUNK DECEMBER 7, 1944. PICKED UP BY THE USS WEISS. PATROLLED ON EAST COAST OPERATING WITH SUBMARINES. DISCHARGED 1946.