World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Don Pardee Moon
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Kokomo, Indiana
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
Rear Admiral. He took part in the invasion of North Africa in 1942. In 1944 he commanded Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for D-Day in which three LSTs were torpedoed and sunk by German E-boats near Slapton Sands. During the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy, he directed the landings on Utah Beach from the attack transport Bayfield (APA-33). The Bayfield was then sent to Naples for the invasion of Southern France. He was posthumously presented the Legion of Honour by the Government of France.