World War II Honoree

David Lingle Fye

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Columbus, Indiana

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

After graduating from Purdue, he was commissioned into the U.S. Navy and sent to Military Electronics Radar Training at Harvard University and MIT. He was deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations as the Electronics Officer for the illustrious Air Group 24 on the Aircraft Carrier USS Belleau Wood. AG-24 had the longest tour of duty of any air group in WWII, with eleven Pacific campaigns culminating in the sinking of the carrier Hiyo during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.