Elvis Wesley Mahan

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
French Lick, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 31 JANUARY 1944. SERVED UNTIL 30 OCTOBER 1945. REPORTED ABOARD THE USS DAUPHIN APA-97 ATTACK TRANSPORT FROM NAVAL STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. SAILED FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ON 13 FEBRUARY 1945 FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. LANDED REINFORCEMENT ON HAGUSHI BEACH, OKINAWA APRIL, 1945. CARRIED CASUALTIES FROM SAIPAN TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ARRIVED ON 22 MAY 1945. RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND NEW GUINEA. TRANSFERRED ON 10 JULY 1945, DISCHARGED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS.