George Gale Chestnut

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 18 JUNE 1943. SERVED ON THE USS JOHN LAND AP-167, A LA SALLE CLASS TROOP TRANSPORT AND USS LCI(G)80, A LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY (GUNS) IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. JUNE 1944 CAPTURED AND OCCUPATION OF SAIPAN; JULY 1944 CAPTURED AND OCCUPATION OF TINIAN; SEPTEMBER 1944 WESTERN CAROLINE ISLAND OPERATION; OCTOBER 1944 LEYTE OPERATION; JANUARY 1945 LUZON OPERATION; MARCH 1945 IWO JIMA OPERATION. RATING OF SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.