World War II Honoree

Edward D. Berger

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Toms River, New Jersey

Honored By

Edward D. Berger

Sailed from U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) in San Diego, California aboard the USS Vella Gulf CVE-111 on June 17, 1945. Arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 25, 1945. Sailed to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands on July 16, 1945. Arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam, Mariana Islands on July 20, 1945, then to Saipan, Mariana Islands on July 27, 1945. Back to Apra Harbor on August 2, 1945; then to Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyus Islands on August 9, 1945. Then went to Sagami Wan in Honshu, Japan on September 10, 1945; sailed to Tokyo, Kaiwan, Honshu, Japan on September 21, 1945. Then back to Buckner Bay, Okinawa on September 25, 1945; then to Pearl Harbor October 6, 1945, and finally to San Francisco on October 14, 1945.