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Cletus Richardson

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Orleans, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENLISTED 2 DECEMBER 1943 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DISCHARGED ON 3 OCTOBER 1945. SERVED ON THE USS LST 662 ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PARTICIPATED IN THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS: CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF PALAU ISLAND, ZAMBALES AND SUBIC BAY AND ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA. EARNED THREE BATTLE STARS FOR THESE OPERATIONS. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.