World War II Honoree

Lloyd Wilmer Chase

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Aliceton Township, Lisbon, North Dakota

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942 AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. STATIONED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, FARRAGUT, IDAHO FOR BASIC TRAINING, AND AT THE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA FOR ADVANCED AVIATION TRAINING. SHIPPED OVERSEAS TO NORTH AFRICA AND SERVED AS A TURRET GUNNER IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER ABOARD SUBMARINE PATROL AIRCRAFT. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AFTER THE ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE (V-E DAY), HE SHIPPED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND LANDED AT THE NEW YORK PORT. REASSIGNED TO CALIFORNIA TO JOIN THE PACIFIC FLEET IN PREPARATION FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN. WHILE IN CALIFORNIA, WAS ASSIGNED SHORE PATROL DUTIES. WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON JAPAN IN AUGUST, 1945, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TERMS, THE INVASION WAS NO LONGER NECESSARY, AND THE WAR ENDED. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RATING OF AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN THIRD CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.