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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Vernon A. Harding.Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Peru, Indiana

Honored By

Ms. Candace Harding

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served on the SS Santa Teresa in 1942, New York to Curacao, Venezuela, Columbia to Torpedo junction. SS Davy Crockett June 1942 to March 1943. Served at Trinidad, Capetown, Persian Gulf, Bombay, Columbia, Calcutta, South Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, South America and the Panama Canal. After graduating Kings Point, he returned to sea as assistant engineer officer until the end of war.