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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Elmer E. Gunn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

LaPlata, Missouri

Honored By

Carl and Ann

Relationship

Son and Daughter

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Activity During WWII

He enlisted 12/9/1943 and was trained at Mare Island to be a crane operator. After completing school he was assigned to a floating dry dock USS ABSD-4 and spent 17 months on Manus in the Admiralty Islands off the coast of Papua, New Guinea. They repaired damaged ships in the dry dock and sent them back into battle. He was honorably discharged on 1/14/1946.