World War II Honoree

Samuel Nathan Goldman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Ralph R. Zobell

Relationship

Friend

ACTIVE DUTY 1944-1946. BASIC TRAINING, FARRAGUT, IDAHO (CAMP WARD) AUGUST-NOVEMBER, 1944; SAN FRANCISCO/TREASURE ISLAND ASSIGNMENT NOVEMBER 1944-MARCH 1945. PREPARE COMMISSIONING OF FLEET TANKER USS CANEY AO-95. ARRIVED AT PEARL HARBOR MAY 17, 1945; ULITHI JUNE 2, 1945; WESTERN CAROLINA ISLANDS; OKINAWA JUNE 7, 1945--FUELED 101 SHIPS. SHIP LIBRARIAN, PUBLISHER OF SHIP NEWSPAPER 'THE CANEY PRESS,' AND HANDLED LIBERTY PASSES. LEFT OKINAWA (BUCKNER BAY) VIA SAN FRANCISCO, PANAMA CANAL AND BEAUMONT, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO TROOP TRANSPORT US LAVACA APA-180, APRIL 1946, ARRIVING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA IN MAY, THEN TO JAPAN AND GUAM; FLEW TO ENIWETOK, MARSHALL ISLANDS; THEN TO PEARL HARBOR AND SAILED TO SAN FRANCISCO ON TROOP TRANSPORT FOR DISCHARGE AT FORT SHOEMAKER, PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA FOR DISCHARGE ON JUNE 27, 1946.