World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Alexander Michael Check
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Portage, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Alexis Check Montague Fortune
Relationship
Daughter
SERVED ON THE USS WALLACE L. LIND DD-703 DESTROYER. INDUCTED 11/9/1943. SEPARATED 01/28/1946. SHOT DOWN 16 ENEMY PLANES. RECEIVED WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, ASIATIC-PACIFIC WITH 4 STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WITH 1 STAR. WENT TO THE PACIFIC 11/14/1944, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION 1/05/1945, AIR RAIDS ON TOKYO 2/11/1945, IWO JIMA 2/19/1945, 3/1/1945 OKINAWA, 3/28/1945 SHORE BOMBARDMENT MINAMI DAITO (PART OF OKINAWA CAMPAIGN.) 3/30-31/1945 D-DAY (LAST BATTLE OF WWII). 5/45 OKINAWA CONTINUES. 6/45 GOES TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR RECLAMATION AND REPAIR. 7/1/1945 OFF EAST COAST OF KYUSHU FOR INVASION OF JAPAN, STRIKES AGAINST JAPAN. 8/15/1945 WAR ENDS. 9/1/1945, HE GOES TO TOKYO BAY FOR SURRENDER CEREMONY.