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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

William Webb Patterson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Suffolk, Virginia

Honored By

Joyce Nichols Waters

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

WWII NAVAL AVIATOR. USS YORKTOWN. TORPEDO SQUADRON 9. BATTLES OF IWO JIMA, OKINAWA AND JAPAN. RECEIVED THE NAVY CROSS AS LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE FOR DIRECT HIT ON JAPANESE CRUISER YAHAGI OFF KYUSHU, JAPAN. HE BROUGHT HIS PLANE AND CREW THROUGH UNSCATHED.