World War II · 1941 to 1946
Honor Roll
Vineyard's sons, as the local paper named them.
Vineyard was a small farm community with its own ward and its own column of neighborhood news. That column followed its young men through the war. These are some of the names it printed, spelled as printed. Most of them came home.
Serving in the Pacific when the war began. Home on leave in January 1946 after more than five years in the Navy.
Waiting at Angel Island, California, to ship out to the Pacific.
Waiting at Angel Island, California, to ship out to the Pacific.
Waiting at Angel Island, California, to ship out to the Pacific.
Waiting at Angel Island, California, to ship out to the Pacific.
Stationed at the Navy base in San Diego, California.
Came home after two years in Europe.
Served in the Philippines, near Leyte.
Home on leave to his wife and two small sons.
Came home from Europe by way of Boston.
Discharged after service at Amarillo, Texas.
Came home from Japan and was discharged.
Came home from Italy and was discharged.
Discharged after three years, including service in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Home after more than two years in the Navy, the last of it in Japan.
From the Vineyard columns of the Voice of Sharon and the Orem-Geneva Times, 1941 to 1946, on Utah Digital Newspapers. Know a name that belongs here? Tell us through your account page.
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