World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Gilbert Adams
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. SERVED AS A FIREMAN OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HE WAS UNDERGOING TRAINING TO BECOME AN UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM (UDT) MEMBER WHEN HE WAS CALLED HOME FOR HIS MOTHER'S DEATH. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS THE WAR ENDED WITH THE RATING OF FIREMAN FIRST CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.