WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Cliff Hammerberg

Entered Service: August 2, 1943

Branch of Service: U.S. Naval Reserve.

Trained at Midshipman School, Columbia University, New York, NY; Recognition Training at University of Ohio at Columbus; USS Barnstable (APA 93), USS President Adams (APA 19).

Overseas: February 20 , 1944

Theatre of Operation: Pacific, Japan, China.

Engagements:  Peleliu, Anguar, Ulitha, Letye, Lingeyan, Okinawa. 

Returned to U.S.: April 1, 1946

Discharged: May 2, 1946 at Great Lakes, Illinois.

Rank: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) U.S. Naval Reserve.

Total Months in Service: Thirty-three.

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