World War II Honoree

Arthur Egnoian

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Freemont, California

Honored By

An Indebted American

STATIONED AT NAVAL STATION TREASURE ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. BECAUSE THE WAR HAD DEPRIVED RADIO STATIONS OF TECHNICIANS AND HE HAD A RADIOTELEPHONE LICENSE, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO BECOME A DJ FOR THE NAVY. HE MADE HIS RADIO DEBUT IN 1943 ON KSAN. HE PIONEERED THE REQUEST-AND-DEDICATION CONCEPT FOR THE STATION DURING WWII. WHEN HE STEPPED AWAY FROM HIS WORK AS A DJ, ART ASSISTED THE US MILITARY TRANSMITTING MORSE CODE, SENDING MESSAGES TO SHIPS TRAVELING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.