World War II Honoree

Hudson Virgil Grumbling

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Berlin, Pennsylvania

Honored By

H. Virgil Grumbling, Jr.

BASIC OFFICER TRAINING AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. GUNNERY OFFICER TRAINING AT CAMP SHELTON, VIRGINIA. HE SERVED AS GUNNERY OFFICER AND SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER ON TANKERS, COMMANDED BY MERCHANT MARINE CAPTAINS. THE TANKERS WERE IN CONVOYS WHICH BROUGHT OIL FROM VENEZUELA TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND TO NEW YORK CITY. AFTER V-E DAY, HE WAS EN ROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WHEN THE WAR ENDED WITH V-J DAY.