World War II Honoree

Earl L. Slover

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Flora, Illinois

Honored By

Charles E. Overstreet

Relationship

Friend

AS AN ENLISTED MAN, WAS ONE OF THE RELATIVELY FEW NAVAL VETERANS WHO FOUGHT WWII ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WORLD, SERVED FROM 1942 TO 1945. FIRST SAW ACTION IN OPERATION TORCH AND THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA. THEN SAW ACTION IN THE PACIFIC, INCLUDING THE INVASION OF OKINAWA AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN, WHICH WAS NOT NEEDED AFTER USE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.