World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Eugene L. Chase
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Independence, Iowa
Honored By
Jane Chase DuMond & Mable Chase Bantz
Relationship
Sisters
SERGEANT; 186TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 41ST DIVISION. HE WAS ONBOARD SHIP TO INVADE JAPAN WHEN THE A-BOMB WAS DROPPED AND THE WAR ENDED. SERVED IN THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN: TOKYO, YOKOHAMA. AT HIROSHIMA, HE WALKED IN RADIATION ASHES OF THE A-BOMB AND SEARCHED FOR AMMUNITION/DESTROYED AMMUNITION.