WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Donald B. Holmblad

Entered Service: January 29, 1945

Branch of Service: Navy

Trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station February 1, 1945 until March 24, 1945; USS McCord (DD534) USS Dixie (AD 14) Headquarters 11th Naval District, San Diego, California. 

Overseas: April 26, 1945

Theatre of Operation: South Pacific

Returned to U.S.:  July 10, 1945 

Discharged: July 27, 1946 Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Rank: Fireman 2/c.

Total Months in Service: Eighteen. 

August 6, 1945 entered U.S. Naval Hospital at Bremerton, Washington.  August 28, 1945 transferred to Sun Valley, Idaho Hospital.  December 10, 1945 transferred to Farragut Hospital. March 4, 1946 returned to duty.    

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