World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Waldo Frederick Bales
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE IN SAMPSON, NEW YORK. ASSIGNED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER TO THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. SHIPPED TO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA IN PREPARATION FOR OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT. DEPARTED CALIFORNIA ON APRIL 17, 1945 AND SERVED AS A GUNNER OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD PBY FLYING BOAT AIRCRAFT. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.