World War II Honoree

Ned L. Way

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CALIFORNIA; THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AT FARRAGUT, IDAHO; THE AVIATION STOREKEEPER SCHOOL AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION AT ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, AND AT PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; AT GUAM IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS; IN CHINA IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) AREA, AND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. STOREKEEPER (AVIATION) FIRST CLASS WAY CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVY SERVICE AFTER THE WAR, INCLUDING AS AN AVIATION STOREKEEPER INSTRUCTOR, UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.