World War II Honoree

Charles McCall Hemingway

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Summerton, South Carolina

Honored By

Nelson McLeod

Relationship

Cousin

ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NAVY ON 9 APRIL 1943. TRAINED AT PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PURCELL, OKLAHOMA, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, AND SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. EMBARKED 3 DECEMBER 1944 FOR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND RETURNED 25 AUGUST 1945. AWARDED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL WITH ONE OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN SECOND CLASS, PATROL BOMBER SQUADRON 102 ON 16 FEBRUARY 1946 IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.