Carroll Dale Alspaugh

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 10 JANUARY 1939 AT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. 18 APRIL 1939 ASSIGNED TO THE USS HENDERSON AP-1, MINE LAYER AND SEA PLANE TENDER, ATLANTIC FLEET. 30 JUNE 1939 ASSIGNED TO THE USS OGLALA CM-4. 2 JULY 1940 ASSIGNED TO THE USS PRUITT DM-22, A CLEMSON CLASS DESTROYER. 7 DECEMBER 1941 AT PEARL HARBOR FOR OVERHAUL. JANUARY, 1942 TOOK UP OFF SHORE PATROL AND MINE LAYING DUTY. 19 JUNE 1942 SAILED FOR BREMERTON, WASHINGTON AND ALEUTIAN ISLAND FOR MINE LAYING OPERATIONS. 18 JUNE 1943 ASSIGNED TO THE USS HAZELWOOD DD-531, A FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER. SAILED FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1943 AS PART OF A FAST CARRIER TASK FORCE TO STRIKE ON TARAWA, GILBERT ISLANDS AND WAKE ISLAND. 11 OCTOBER 1943 RETURNED TO PEARL HARBOR. 13 NOVEMBER 1943 RETURNED TO THE PACIFIC FOR OPERATION UNTIL CLOSE OF THE WAR. RATING OF MACHINIST'S MATE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER.