World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Washington K. Penn, III
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
McKinney, Texas
Honored By
Mr. W. K. Penn
Relationship
Self
Served aboard USS Sanctuary at her commissioning, shakedown, 2nd journey through Panama canal to Pearl Harbor. Then past Rota and Guam to Okinawa, with 5th fleet for invasion of Japan in Tokyo Bay, with task force lot in Nagasaki after A-Bomb and back and forth to Pearl Harbor on magic carpet orders.