World War II Honoree

Carl P. Gutting

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Beldenville, Wisconsin

Honored By

Joleen Marie Gutting

Relationship

Daughter-in-Law

SERVED ON THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USS NORTHHAMPTON, US. NAVAL AIR BASE AND WHITE POPPY. SERVED WITH DISTINCTION ONBOARD THE USS MANLEY APD-1 IN THE IMMEDIATE WATER SURROUNDING OKINAWA APRIL 1945. ASSISTED DURING SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON KWAJALEIN ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS, FROM JANUARY 31 TO FEBRUARY 7, 1944. PARTICIPATED IN THE LANDING OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES TROOPS ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE SOIL. AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON AND TWO (2) STARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALNAV 64 OF APRIL 1945. AUTHORIZED TO WEAR THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC 8 STARS.