World War II Honoree

Ernest Christian Haas

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lodi, California

Honored By

Sara Fields Haas, LT WC, USNR

Relationship

Wife

HIS EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN HE LEFT SCHOOL IN 1941 TO ENLIST IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE BECAME A NAVAL AVIATOR SERVING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND LATER AS A TEST PILOT AT THE ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION. HE WAS DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.