World War II Honoree

Herbert 'Pete' Monslow

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Kansas City, Kansas

Honored By

Missouri DAV Chapter 67

HE SERVED AS A CREWMEMBER ON THE USS SALT LAKE CITY. HE WAS NEAR THE END OF WATCH DUTY BY THE OIL TANKS WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. HE IS A PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR. HIS SHIP WAS PART OF THE FORCE THAT ESCORTED DOOLITTLE'S BOMBERS TO NEAR THE COAST OF JAPAN. HE FOUGHT IN MANY BATTLES OF THE PACIFIC INCLUDING GUADALCANAL, CORAL SEA, TARAWA, IWO JIMA, OKINAWA AND THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.