World War II Honoree

Clarence C. 'C.C.' Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Visalia, Kentucky

Honored By

Grateful American

JOINED THE NAVY IN 1938 AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS LEARY, A WICKES-CLASS DESTROYER THAT CARRIED THE NAVY'S FIRST SHIP RADAR AND CONDUCTED EARLY ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROLS AS WWII BREWED IN EUROPE. TRANSFERRED INTO AVIATION AND BECAME A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND THEN MOVED ON TO THE LIGHTER THAN AIR PROGRAM. THE BLIMPS BECAME A VITAL EXPEDIENT FOR HUNTING GERMAN SUBMARINES OFFSHORE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WWII.