World War II Honoree

John Allen Myer

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Onalaska, Washington

Honored By

Joel Myer

Relationship

Son

IN 1944, HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY. THE MAJORITY OF HIS SERVICE WAS ON THE LIGHT CRUISER, USS MOBILE. HIS SHIP WAS NOTED FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLAND CAMPAIGN AND AS ONE OF THE FIRST U.S. SHIPS TO REPATRIATE PRISONERS OF WAR HELD IN JAPAN. HE WAS ALSO PART OF A CONTINGENT OF SAILORS DETAILED TO VIEW THE EFFECTS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. MYER ALSO SERVED ABOARD THE USS BARR, A HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORT SHIP. HIS MILITARY HONORS INCLUDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN AREA CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL; AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HE HELD NAVAL RATINGS FOR FIREMAN FIRST CLASS, MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS, APPRENTICE SEAMAN, AND FIREMAN SECOND CLASS.