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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

L. Glen Neikirk

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Somerset, Kentucky

Honored By

Walton Haddix

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED AS QUARTERMASTER ABOARD LCI 489 ON D-DAY IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY LANDING TROOPS ON OMAHA BEACH. AFTER INVASION WAS SENT TO THE NAVAL OFFICER TRAINING SCHOOL AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER GRADUATION WAS GRANTED A COMMISSION AS AN ENSIGN AND ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP USS WISCONSIN IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHERE HE OBSERVED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE IN TOKYO BAY.