World War II Honoree

Emile Sol Bayouth

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Collinsville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. AFTER CONVERSION OF HIS SHIP, SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR, ABOARD THE HIGH SPEED TRANSPORT USS OSMOND INGRAM (APD-35). HIS SHIP PERFORMED ESCORT DUTY TO NEW YORK EN ROUTE VIA THE PANAMA CANAL TO SAN DIEGO, THEN TO PEARL HARBOR IN THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII, AND ONWARD TO ENIWETOK ATOLL IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA, AND ULITHI ATOLL IN THE CAROLINE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO, IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA NORTH OF NEW GUINEA AND EAST OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HIS TRANSPORT SAILED ON APRIL 2, 1945, FOR OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA AND ESCORTED CONVOYS TO SAIPAN ISLAND IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND THE U.S. TERRITORY OF GUAM ISLAND IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA. DURING JULY, 1945, ESCORTED SHIPS BETWEEN LEYTE ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO, AND THE TOWN OF HOLLANDIA IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. THEN BEGAN PATROLS THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO BORNEO ISLAND IN THE GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. AFTER THE END OF THE WAR, ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945, WHEN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FORMALLY SURRENDERED UNCONDITIONALLY ON THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI (BB-63) IN TOKYO BAY, JAPAN, AND PRESIDENT TRUMAN PROCLAIMED VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY (V-J DAY), HIS TRANSPORT SUPPORTED THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN WITH STOPS AT WAKAYAMA, KURE AND NAGOYA IN JAPAN. HIS SHIP THEN SAILED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON JANUARY 8, 1946. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL WITH 'ASIA' CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.