World War II Honoree

William Warren Quain

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Melrose, Massachusetts

Honored By

Missouri DAV Chapter 67

HE SERVED ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP THE USS SOUTH DAKOTA FROM HER COMMISSIONING IN 1942 UNTIL HER DE-COMMISSIONING IN 1946. AS A CREW MEMBER HE WAS AWARDED THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE U.S. NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION, THE U.S. ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 13 BATTLE STARS, THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 2 BATTLE STARS, THE U.S. NAVY OCCUPATION OF JAPAN MEDAL PLUS OTHER MEDALS AND RIBBONS. HE WAS IN JAPAN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE AND DURING THE SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER SIGNING.