World War II Honoree

John Shelby Brown

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Follett, Texas

Honored By

Shelby Ann Brown

Relationship

Daughter

BOARDED THE USS NASHVILLE JULY 1943; MARE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND DIVISION AS A GUNNER'S MATE STRIKER. THE NASHVILLE SERVED IN THE 7TH FLEET AS MACARTHUR'S FLAG SHIP FROM THE NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN TO THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT SUBIC BAY. SHIP WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE PLANE NOVEMBER 1944. RETURNED TO BREMERTON NAVAL SHIPYARD FOR REPAIRS, RETURNED TO THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH SEVEN BATTLE STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, COMMENDATION CLASP, MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH THREE BATTLE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.