World War II Honoree

Jack P. Park

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Des Moines, Iowa

Honored By

Jackie

Relationship

Wife

TOOK BOOT CAMP TRAINING AT FARRAGUT NAVAL TRAINING STATION, IDAHO. ASSIGNED FOR DUTY AS A COXWAIN ABOARD THE USS BLAND APA-134 AND SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. THE SHIP WAS AN ATTACK TRANSPORT WITH THE TASK OF TRANSPORTING TROOPS TO AND FROM COMBAT AREAS. SOME OF THE DESTINATIONS SERVED WERE OKINAWA, SAIPAN, HAWAII, IWO JIMA, ENIWETOK, GUAM, THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, LEYTE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.