World War II Honoree

Lester Gilbert Andrews

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New Haven, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, RECEIVING STATION CASCO BAY, MAINE, RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK, ABOARD USS DOYLE DD-494, USS BROOME DD-210, NAVAL HOSPITAL ST. ALBANS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, RECEIVING STATION SOUTH ANNEX NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, USS INFLICT AM-251, RECEIVING STATION NAVY YARD CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA, SERVICE FOR ADMINISTRATION COMMANDER SERVICE FORCES PACIFIC NAVY YARD PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 4 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.