World War II Honoree

Kenneth H. Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Beattie, Kansas

Honored By

Mr. Richard D. Anderson

Relationship

Brother

BASIC TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES. ATTENDED AIRCRAFT ORDNANCE SCHOOL IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. THEN WENT TO GUNNER'S SCHOOL IN ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, AND ONTO COMBAT AIR CREW SCHOOL IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. FROM THERE HE SERVED IN VARIOUS PACIFIC ISLANDS UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. AFTER THE WAR ENDED HE WENT TO A REFRESHER ORDNANCE SCHOOL IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND ONTO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. IN 1946 HE BECAME A STATION KEEPER AT NAVAL AIR STATION OLATHE IN OLATHE, KANSAS. HE SERVED A TOTAL OF 12 YEARS IN THE NAVY.