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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Franklin Nolan

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Powell Butte, Oregon

Honored By

Lee Flegel

Relationship

Friend

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted 1942 Portland, Oregon. Boot Camp San Diego. Ordnance, gunnery and bombing training Norman, Oklahoma. Bombing Squadron 140, Naval Air Station Alameda was re-designated Patrol Squadron 123. Ordnanceman and nose gunner in PV-1 Lockheed Venturas later transitioning to PB4Y-2 Consolidated Privateers. Anti-submarine missions from Kaneohe Bay, Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, Midway, Johnson Islands, Tinian and Okinawa. Final base Barbers Point before returning to Washington state for discharge.