World War II Honoree

William Edwin Banton

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Portland, Oregon

Honored By

Deb Banton Hoff & Daniel R. Hoff, Jr.

Relationship

Daughter & Son-In-Law

SERVED IN THE PRE-COMMISSIONING DETAIL AND ON BOARD THE USS PUTNAM DD-757. ACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA. ESCORTED THE BATTLESHIP USS NEW JERSEY BB-62 INTO TOKYO BAY THE DAY AFTER THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED ON THE USS MISSOURI BB-63. AFTER THAT THE SQUADRON WENT TO WAKAYAMA TO ESCORT TWO HOSPITAL SHIPS THAT WERE LIBERATING THE AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR. DISCHARGED JANUARY 1946 AND RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY JULY 1960, SERVED ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN CVL-29.