World War II Honoree

Jerry Lee Cundiff, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Walla Walla, Washington

Honored By

Diane Weil

Relationship

Daughter

HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY IN 1945. RECEIVED AN AGE WAIVER AT 17 YEARS OLD. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A QUARTERMASTER ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP, THE USS COMFORT, WHICH RAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HAWAII TO JAPAN. AFTER THE USS COMFORT WAS DECOMMISSIONED IN MAY, 1946, HE WAS SENT TO BREMERTON, WASHINGTON AND WAS ASSIGNED TO HELP IN THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE BATTLESHIP USS INDIANA UNTIL HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1947 WITH THE RANK OF SEAMAN 1ST CLASS.