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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John Frank Heinz

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED AND SERVED FROM APRIL 1942 TO DECEMBER 1945 IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. WAS A TORPEDOMAN FIRST CLASS ABOARD THE DESTROYER DD-554 USS FRANKS FLETCHER. FOUGHT IN EIGHT MAJOR BATTLES AGAINST THE JAPANESE AND THE JAPANESE BOMBER SUICIDE PILOTS (KAMIKAZES). FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: ALEUTIANS, GILBERT, LEYTE GULF, MARIANAS, MARSHALLS, SOLOMON, NEW GUINEA, OKINAWA, AND THE PHILIPPINES. WITNESSED THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN IN TOKYO BAY.