World War II Honoree

Shirley Warren Woods

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER AT CAMP BRADFORD AT THE NAVAL OPERATING BASE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; AND AT THE NAVAL BASE AT PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN THE NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA, NORTHEAST OF AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHEAST OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. THEN SERVED WITH OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. AWARDED THE 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 MOTOR MACHINIST'S MATE FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.