World War II Honoree

Howard W. Evirs, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Weymouth, Massachusetts

Relationship

Self

BOOT CAMP AT NEWPORT NAVAL TRAINING STATION. ADVANCED TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION. BASIC ENGINEERING TRAINING AT NAVY PIER, CHICAGO. CHRISTENED USS MARCUS ISLAND IN WASHINGTON STATE. OUTFITTED USS MARCUS ISLAND CVE-77 AT NAVAL AIR STATION, SAN DIEGO. SERVED ABOARD USS MARCUS ISLAND DURING SEVERAL ENEMY ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. RECIPIENT OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION REWARD. TRANSFERRED BACK FROM PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO ATTEND BATES COLLEGE V-12 OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. TRANSFER TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE NROTC PROGRAM WHEN V-12 DISCONTINUED. DISCHARGED AT END OF WWII TO PURSUE COLLEGE DEGREE AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FOLLOWED BY APPOINTMENT AS ENSIGN, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE.