World War II Honoree

Richard Leroy Corbit

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Walhalla, North Dakota

Honored By

Ella, Lori, Lynn, LuAnne, Lisa

Relationship

Wife and Daughters

ABOARD THE USS ZELLARS, A DESTROYER SHIP, HE WAS AMMUNITIONS SPECIALIST WITH #4 GUN IN THE INVASION OF OKINAWA. BEING HIT WITH SUICIDE KAMIKAZE PILOT, THEIR SHIP LIMPED BACK TO PORT LOSING 35 MEN OUT OF 300 TO BE REPAIRED. STRIPPING THEIR RADAR GEAR AND HALF PATCHING THEIR HUGE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF SHIP, USS ZELLARS MADE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE USA IN ROUGH STORMY CONDITIONS.