World War II Honoree

Winford Doyle Givens

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Manitou, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

VOLUNTEERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1945. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER ABOARD THE LANDING SHIP VEHICLE USS SAUGUS (LSV-4). HE PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ‘MAGIC CARPET’ AFTER THE END OF HOSTILITIES. THIS WAS THE CODE NAME FOR THE RAPID RETURN OF SERVICE PERSONNEL BY WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORT VESSELS FROM THEATER TO THE U.S.A. HIS SHIP TRANSPORTED RETURNING TROOPS FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO THE STATES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.