World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Stanley Wiwigac
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Cottonwood, California
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE 21
HE SERVED ON BOTH OF THE USS BLOCK ISLAND SHIPS, CVE-21 AND 106 AS A CHIEF GUNNERS MATE. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE 21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE (U-549) ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.