World War II Honoree

Dean Ohms

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Atlantic, Iowa

Honored By

Irene Ohms

Relationship

Wife

ASSIGNED TO USS PELIAS IN FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA. TRANSFERRED TO THE USS WHIPPOORWILL FOR MINE SWEEPING DUTY, BEFORE GOING TO DRY DOCK FOR MODIFICATION TO A SEA GOING TUG, WHICH WAS ASSIGNED THE NUMBER ATO-169. PROCEEDED TO BRISBANE FOR MISSION OF TOWING AN LCT TO PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. THIS WAS START OF A CAREER OF TOWING PT BOATS THAT HAD ONCE BEEN IN THE SAME SQUADRON AS JOHN F. KENNEDY'S PT-109. TOWED AMMUNITION BARGES, DRY DOCKS AND DISABLED DESTROYERS UP AND DOWN THE NEW GUINEA COAST AND ON INTO THE PHILIPPINES. LEFT THE WHIPPOORWILL IN APRIL 1945 FOR AN ASSIGNMENT TO RADIO SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WHERE MILITARY DUTIES ENDED IN AUGUST 1945 WITH THE END OF THE WAR.