World War II Honoree

Joe L. Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Jennings, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SAN DIEGO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, ATTACHED TO MARINE CORPS UNITS BEGINNING IN 1943, DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND ON SOME 13 PACIFIC ISLANDS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH ‘ASIA’ CLASP. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RATING OF PHARMACIST'S MATE SECOND CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.