World War II Honoree

Richard D. 'Dick' Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Fairfield, Iowa

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NAVY V-12 COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM, AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN. SENT FOR SPECIAL OFFICER COLLEGE TRAINING AT OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY IN DELAWARE, OHIO, AND THEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. UPON COMPLETION OF TRAINING, COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN. CONTINUED IN NAVAL RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.