World War II Honoree

John Cecil White

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Bambridge, Georgia

Honored By

Frederick E. White, Cmsgt, USAF (Ret)

Relationship

Brother

COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION BY THE SPRING OF 1945 AND ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY. DEPARTED FOR BOOT CAMP AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS IN MAY 1945. AFTER BOOT CAMP, HE DEPARTED FOR THE ISLAND OF GUAM IN THE PACIFIC THEATERS OF WAR. REMAINED THERE UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR WITH JAPAN, RETURNING TO THE U.S. IN JULY 1946. MUSTERED OUT OF THE NAVY IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA IN 1946.