Anderson, Harold Edward

• Name	Anderson, Harold Edward
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ANDE.H005
  Military Service	World War II, Motor Machinist's Mate Second Class, United States Navy  [1]
  	Enlisted and entered active service as an Able Seaman on 23 June 1942 at Chicago, Illinois. Trained at Naval Training Station in Great Lakes and Naval Training Station in Urbana, Illinois. Served aboard the USS LST (Landing Ship Tank) 352, the USS PC (Patrol Craft) 1213 and AMC (Coastal Minesweeper) 95 Frontier Base Navy 116. Also served at the Advanced Amphibious Training Base at Bizerte, Tunisia. Earned The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 6 Bronze Battle Stars, The WWII Victory Medal and The Good Conduct Medal. Honorably discharged as a Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class on 30 March 1946 at Great Lakes, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1917166
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  		United States Navy Shield
  		United States Navy
  		Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class (MoMM2c), United States Navy, World War II This insignia was worn on the Left Sleeve of the uniform through Dec 1943) Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), United States Navy, World War II The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		Apprentice Seaman (AS), US Navy, WWII, (Piping) The piping for this rating was worn on the right shoulder Source: https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/insignia_index.html
  		United States Navy Enlisted Rates
  		Military Service Ribbons, Harold Edward Anderson Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Navy
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois
  		LST-352
  		Bizerte, Tunisia
  		World War II Honoree, Anderson, Harold Edward
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 01 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 02 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 03 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 05 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
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  Person ID	I43103	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S13450] World War II Honoree, Harold Edward Anderson, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1917166) (Reliability: 2).