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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Edward Weis

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Santa Rosa, California

Honored By

Edward Weis

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Engineering Officer on the USS Hughes DD-410, participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23-26 and in the December 7th landings in Ormoc Bay. December 10, 1944, while on picket duty in the Surigao Straits in the Philippines, the ship was hit by a Kamikaze Japanese plane with a 500 pound bomb. Of the 18 personnel many were in the boiler fire room. The ship limped back to Hunters Point San Francisco, California on 1 engine and 1 boiler. Repaired and finished the war from Alaska to the Kurile Islands of Japan.