World War II Honoree

Rudolph A. Casias

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Denver, Colorado

Honored By

Frank and Monie Casias

Relationship

Brother and Sister-in-Law

RANK: SEAMAN 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NAVY APRIL 21, 1943 AT DENVER, COLORADO AND COMPLETED HIS BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT THE U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STATION, GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS. SERVED ABOARD THE DESTROYER, USS LAWS DD-558 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES: PARTICIPATED IN THE RAIDS ON SOUTHERN PALAU ISLANDS, YAP, ULITHI, HOLLANDIA LANDINGS ‘OPERATION RECKLESS’, BATTLE OF WESTERN NEW GUINEA AND BATTLE OF SAIPAN. THE ASSAULT AGAINST MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, LINGAYEN GULF LANDINGS, NORTHERN LUZON AND ORMOC BAY LANDINGS. HIS LAST MAJOR BATTLE WAS THE ASSAULT ON OKINAWA, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED DECEMBER 25, 1945 AT THE U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL CENTER, SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA.