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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Roy Spangler Willitts

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

York, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. HE SERVED AS A CHIEF ELECTRICIAN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC, EUROPEAN-MIDDLE-EASTERN AND PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGNS. HE WAS IN TOKYO BAY ABOARD THE TANKER USS CHICOPEE DURING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.