World War II Honoree

Louis G. Climo

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Southport Island, Maine

Honored By

Sarah Sherman Brewer

SERVED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AS PART OF A CONVOY ESCORT AND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ESSEX. INVOLVED IN BATTLES IN THE LEYTE GULF, MARIANA ISLANDS AND OKINAWA, WHERE HIS SHIP WITHSTOOD RELENTLESS ATTACKS BY JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PILOTS. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.