World War II Honoree

Calvin Dayton Floyd

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Relationship

Relationship Not Determined

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AT AGE 18. TRAINED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER FOR ENTRY-LEVEL 'BOOT CAMP' AND THEN ADVANCED SPECIALTY QUALIFICATION. STATIONED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WITH AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER SERVICE UNIT. SERVED THERE FOR SOME TWO YEARS. LATER, SERVED SOME NINE MONTHS ON GUAM, IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS, IN THE NORTH WESTERN PACICIC OCEAN AREA, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 19, 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN NAVAL RESERVE AND AIR FORCE RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.