World War II Honoree

Stanley P. Wilson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Hamlin, Texas

Honored By

G. Holman King

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED SERVICE SEPTEMBER, 1943 AT UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL. AFTER COMPLETION OF MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL, COMPLETED SUPPLY SCHOOL AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. FROM THERE WENT TO AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT PRE-COMMISSIONING SCHOOL IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. ASSIGNED TO USS RAWLINS (APA-226) WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED AT ASTORIA, OREGON IN OCTOBER, 1944. ASSIGNED AS ASSISTANT SUPPLY AND DISBURSING OFFICER WITH THE RANK OF ENSIGN. WENT TO SEA IN THE PACIFIC IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, 1944. AFTER INVASION TRAINING, SHIP WAS INVOLVED AT IWO JIMA AND AGAIN AT OKINAWA. CARRIED FRESH TROOPS TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM THE WEST COAST. UNDER ATTACK ON MANY OCCASIONS BY BOTH JAPANESE SUBMARINES AND SUICIDE AIRCRAFT, BUT NEVER SUFFERED LOSSES. AFTER JAPANESE SURRENDER, THE SHIP FERRIED OCCUPATION TROOPS TO JAPAN AND PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION 'MAGIC CARPET' RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC TO WEST COAST. SEPARATED FROM SERVICE JUNE, 1946 AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA AT RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE.