World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frederick 'Fred' Herman Claussen
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He served in the US Navy for three years as a radio operator as part of a Navy gun crew on a Liberty ship carrying oil and gasoline. He made many trips between Venezuela, India and Australia going through the Panama Canal and Suez Canal many times. As a radio operator, he received the distress call from a life-boat carrying 25 survivors of a torpedoed tanker that left port one week ahead of his ship. He was able to help guide his ship to the location of the survivors and help rescue them.