World War II Honoree

Kenneth Gale Chadwick

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Terlton, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, ILLINOIS. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS; AT TARAWA ATOLL AND MAKIN ATOLL IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS; AT TRUK IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO; AT SAIPAN AND GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS; AT PELELIU IN THE PALAU ISLANDS; IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING AT LUZON; AND AT OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, DURING THE WAR. SERVED BRIEFLY AT TOKYO, JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1944 AND AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. ALSO AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE WITH THE RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.