World War II Honoree

Stanley Herbert Moreland

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Capitol Heights, Maryland

Honored By

Mary, John & Linda Moreland

Relationship

Son & Daughters

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1943 AND SERVED UNTIL APRIL 20, 1946. HE RECEIVED SOME OF HIS TRAINING ABOARD THE USS CHARGER (CVE-30) IN 1944 AS WELL AS THE NAVAL AIR STATION IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA AND NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS RANDOLPH (CV-15), WITH ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT THE NAVAL TRAINING STATION IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, AND THEN ON TO ULITHI ATOLL IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II UNTIL THEY RETURNED TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA IN OCTOBER, 1945.