World War II Honoree

William J. Wagner Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Stoney Creek, New York

Honored By

RMCS Michael Lynett U.S. Navy (Ret)

Relationship

Fellow Navyman

Enlisted in the United States Navy, serving his country abroad the USS Robert K. Huntington (DD- 781), traveling the South Pacific during WWII. He participated in several different types of missions, most notably, Operation Crossroads, participating in the Army Navy Task Force one nuclear weapons testing at the Marshall, Bikini Atoll Islands which included the deployment and testing of First Test Able and Second Test Bakers Day. Also, missions with the USS Robert K. Huntington, escorting Liberty ships from the South Pacific with deceased soldiers to the port of California remained a sobering memory from his years of military service.