World War II Honoree

Herman Leslie Barnett

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Fort Supply, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVAL RESERVE WHEN HIS SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER CAME UP. ASSIGNED TO THE 52ND NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. HIS BATTALION SAILED FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 10, 1943 AND ARRIVED AT DUTCH HARBOR ON UNALASKA ISLAND, TERRITORY OF ALASKA ON FEBRUARY 17, 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE NORTH PACIFIC AREA STATIONED ON ADAK ISLAND IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, AND THEN AT SAND BAY, GREAT SITKIN ISLAND IN THE FEBRUARY-APRIL, 1944 TIMEFRAME. EMBARKED FROM SAND BAY ON APRIL 26, 1944 AND ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES AT CAMP PARKS AT SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA ON MAY 12, 1944. HIS BATTALION TRAINED AT CAMP PARKS UNTIL DEPARTING FOR OVERSEAS DUTY ON OCTOBER 14, 1944. HE APPLIED AND WAS SELECTED FOR OFFICER TRAINING AND SENT IN 1945 TO MIDSHIPMAN'S SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, HE WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN THE NAVAL RESERVE. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF ENSIGN AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.