World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ralph Richard Armstrong
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Skedee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE ON MARCH 3, 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER AT WAKE ISLAND, SAIPAN AND GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, IWO JIMA IN THE BONIN ISLANDS, OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, AND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SERVED IN TOKYO, JAPAN AFTER THE WAR. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 12, 1945 WITH THE RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.