World War II Honoree

James Franklin Chapman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Anderson, Missouri

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

He entered the U.S. Navy in 1942, and was commissioned an Ensign from Columbia University, New York, on November 24, 1943. He served as Executive Officer and Navigator of LST-222 and LST-307, in the Pacific from 1943 to 1946. He took part in the invasions and capture of the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian, in the Mariana Islands; Peleliu, and the occupation of Japan.