World War II Honoree

Floyd L. Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1943 FOR BASIC TRAINING AT SAMPSON NAVAL STATION, NEW YORK. HE PROCEEDED TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE SHAKEDOWN TRAINING ON THE USS SIGOURNEY DD-643. THEY THEN DEPARTED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO WEST COAST AND THE COMMANDER. DESTROYER FLEET. HIS SHIP LEFT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA IN 1943 FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC PARTICIPATING IN MANY LANDINGS AT BOUGAINVILLE, TARAWA, SAIPAN, LEYTE AND OKINAWA. RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SEVEN STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH TWO STARS AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.