World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Samuel C. Parsons
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Providence, Rhode Island
Honored By
A Grateful American
HE SERVED AS A QUARTERMASTER FIRST CLASS ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS NAVADA AT NORMANDY AND LATER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. THEN HE WAS ON A NEW DESTROYER, THE USS HAWKINS DD-873 AND WAS AT TOKYO, JAPAN WHEN THE WAR ENDED.