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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Arthur James Doyle

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Boston, Massachusetts

Honored By

Missouri DAV Chapter 67

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ANTIETAM IN THE PACIFIC AND ASIATIC FLEET. HE FLEW A F4U4 CORSAIR FIGHTER 'WHISTLING DEVIL'. ON 9/02/1945, AS GENERAL MACARTHUR ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN, HIS SQUADRON WAS ORDERED TO BUZZ THE ROOF-TOPS OF SEOUL, KOREA AND TO CIRCLE THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL BUILDING IN TIGHT FORMATION WHILE THE JAPANESE FLAG WAS LOWERED AND THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS RAISED.