World War II Honoree

Donald Dean 'Don' Albers, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Presho, South Dakota

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE NAVAL RESERVE WHILE HE WAS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. GRADUATED FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN 1943 AS A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE AND RECEIVED A COMMISSION IN THE U.S. NAVY MEDICAL CORPS. SERVED HIS INTERNSHIP IN THE NAVY AND PERFORMED DUTIES AS A MEDICAL OFFICER OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 2ND MARINE DIVISION. STATIONED ON SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS. SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN THE PORT CITY OF NAGASAKI, JAPAN, WHICH HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB USED DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.