World War II Honoree

Frank H. Pennock, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Jacqueline Jean Smith Pennock

Relationship

Wife

DRAFTED INTO MARINE CORPS, JUNE OF 1944; HONORABLY DISCHARGED, THEN VOLUNTEERED FOR MERCHANT MARINE UNDER JURISDICTION OF U.S COAST GUARD. ASSIGNED TO URIAH M. ROSE, TO DELIVER BOMBS TO GUAM FOR B-29 BOMBERS. SAILED TO ENIWETOK, MARSHALL ISLANDS AND ON TO GUAM TO HELP UNLOAD THE WOUNDED FROM IWO JIMA. SAILED TO SAIPAN. THEN ON LOAN TO THE NAVY TO MAN 20MM GUN AT OKINAWA. SURVIVED A KAMIKAZE ATTACK. SAILED TO ULITHI WHERE FLEETS WERE GATHERING FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN. HAD TO SAIL BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO TO LOAD AMMUNITION. BY THE SUMMER OF 1945 THE BOMBS HAD BEEN DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI AND THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC CAME TO AN END.