World War II Honoree

David Michel Chauvin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Houma, Louisiana

Honored By

Michel Joseph Chauvin

Relationship

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GRADUATED FROM LSU, 1942, COMMISSIONED SECOND LIEUTENANT, ROTC; TRAINING: SIGNAL CORPS AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY; SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AS RADIO OFFICER AND WAS IN AMERICAL DIVISION. PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT AND AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR. AT CONCLUSION OF THE WAR HE WAS IN TOKYO BAY ON BOARD THE USS TETON GC-14, FOR THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AND WITNESSED THE FLY-OVER OF AMERICAN WARPLANES. AT START OF OCCUPATION HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RADIO OPERATIONS.