World War II Honoree

Elton C. Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Zebulon, North Carolina

Honored By

Family and NC Triangle Flight of Honor

INDUCTED INTO NAVY 09/29/1943. TRAINED FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, LANDED TROOPS AT NORMANDY DURING D-DAY INVASION, TRANSPORTED CASUALTIES TO ENGLAND ON DOROTHEA L. DIX. WHILE IN ORAN SHIP WAS HIT BY 88MM SHELL. NEXT DUTY WAS IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, FROM THERE WENT TO PEARL HARBOR FOR ASSIGNMENT IN THE PACIFIC. DUTY IN GUAM, SAIPAN, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA. WHILE CONVALESCING FROM A BROKEN FOOT, THE DORTHEA L DIX WENT TO SEA, SO HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE ALDERAMIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TOUR OF DUTY.