Son of Isaac Walter Etchason & Maude L. (Smith) Etchason
Bill Etchason
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
INDUCTED ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. AFTER ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING AND ENGINEERING SERVICE SCHOOL HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98. THIS SHIP WAS A TANKER IN THE SERVICE FORCE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET THAT TRANSPORTED OIL AND REFUELED SHIPS AT SEA. OPERATIONS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO ICELAND AND GREENLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN 1ST CLASS AND RETURNED HOME ON JULY 4, 1946.
(This information and the top photo have 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.)
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Bill Etchason
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
INDUCTED ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. AFTER ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING AND ENGINEERING SERVICE SCHOOL HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98. THIS SHIP WAS A TANKER IN THE SERVICE FORCE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET THAT TRANSPORTED OIL AND REFUELED SHIPS AT SEA. OPERATIONS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO ICELAND AND GREENLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN 1ST CLASS AND RETURNED HOME ON JULY 4, 1946.
(This information and the top photo have 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.)
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Son of Isaac Walter Etchason & Maude L. (Smith) Etchason
Bill Etchason
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
INDUCTED ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. AFTER ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING AND ENGINEERING SERVICE SCHOOL HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98. THIS SHIP WAS A TANKER IN THE SERVICE FORCE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET THAT TRANSPORTED OIL AND REFUELED SHIPS AT SEA. OPERATIONS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO ICELAND AND GREENLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN 1ST CLASS AND RETURNED HOME ON JULY 4, 1946.
(This information and the top photo have 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.)
World War II Memorial
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Bill Etchason
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
INDUCTED ON DECEMBER 23, 1944. AFTER ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING AND ENGINEERING SERVICE SCHOOL HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98. THIS SHIP WAS A TANKER IN THE SERVICE FORCE OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET THAT TRANSPORTED OIL AND REFUELED SHIPS AT SEA. OPERATIONS FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO ICELAND AND GREENLAND IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC IN THE AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A FIREMAN 1ST CLASS AND RETURNED HOME ON JULY 4, 1946.
(This information and the top photo have 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.)
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