World War II Honoree

Elton Calvin Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Zebulon, North Carolina

Honored By

Family

INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY 29 SEPTEMBER 1943. TRAINED FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS; LANDED TROOPS AT NORMANDY DURING D-DAY INVASION; TRANSPORTED CASUALTIES TO ENGLAND ON THE USS DOROTHEA L. DIX (AP-67). IN AUGUST 1944, INVADED SOUTHERN FRANCE AND WHILE TAKING TROOPS FROM SHIP TO SHORE, BACKING OFF FROM THE BEACH, AN 88MM DROPPED WHERE HE HAD BEEN SITTING. NEXT DUTY WAS IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, FROM THERE WENT TO PEARL HARBOR FOR ASSIGNMENT IN THE PACIFIC. DUTY IN GUAM, SAIPAN, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OKINAWA. WHILE HE WAS CONVALESCING FROM A BROKEN FOOT, THE DOROTHEA L. DIX WENT TO SEA, SO HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE USS ALDERAMIN (AK-116) FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TOUR OF DUTY.