World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jack M. Crane
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Palmyra, Missouri
Honored By
Virginia Rothweiler Crane
Relationship
Sister-in-law
ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. SERVED ABOARD USS HORNET CV-8 IN THE AVIATION DIVISION, 1941-1942. PARTICIPATED IN APRIL 1942 RAID ON JAPAN BY GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE. AND IN BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 1942. TRANSFERRED FROM USS HORNET SHORTLY BEFORE IT SANK. 1943, ASSIGNED TO USS BARNES CVE-20 AND SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. KAILUA NAVAL AIR STATION MAUI; NAVAL AIR STATIONS ALAMEDA AND OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL AIR STATION MOFFETT FIELD, CALIFORNIA. DISCHARGED JULY 1947.