World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Rodolphus Hamilton
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Paoli, Indiana
Honored By
Grateful American
ENLISTED ON 14 MARCH 1944 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. ASSIGNED TO THE USS NESTOR (ARB-6), BATTLE DAMAGE REPAIR SHIP. DEPARTED NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON 4 AUGUST 1944 FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH STOPS AT GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA, PANAMA CANAL AND ON TO ULITHI IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS. ARRIVED ON 21 OCTOBER 1944. DEPARTED ON 19 APRIL 1945 FOR KERAMA RETTO, OKINAWA, ARRIVED ON 10 JULY 1945. ON 9 OCTOBER 1945 THE NESTOR WAS DRIVEN AGROUND BY TYPHOON LOUISE AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED AND DECOMMISSIONED. AWARDS INCLUDE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE STAR FOR OKINAWA-GUNTO OPERATION, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ASIA CLASP. SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.