Paul Wilfred Smith

BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Navy

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

ACTIVITY DURING WWII

ENLISTED ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1943 AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SERVED ON THE USS LST 994, A LST 542 CLASS TANK LANDING SHIP ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER FOR INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. USS LCI [L]37 LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. USS BRONTES APG-17, A PORTUNUS CLASS MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT TENDER. RATING OF SHIP'S COOK SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICER.