WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Wayne C. McEwen

Entered Service: April 8, 1942.

Branch of Service: U.S. Naval Reserve

Trained at U.S. Naval Training Station, San Diego, California from April 17, 1942 until August 22, 1942. 

Overseas: August 22, 1942.

Theatre of Operation: Pacific

Engagements:  Santa Cruz Islands, Tassafaronga, consolidation of Southern Solomons, New Georgia Group Operation, Gilbert Islands Operation, Marshall Islands Operation, Asiatic-Pacific Raids, 1944 Marianas Operation, Philippine Liberation. 

Medals Earned: Good Conduct, Presidential Unit Citation.

Returned to U.S.:  June 15, 1945 

Discharged: August 30, 1945, Lido Beach, New York. 

Rank: TM 2/c

Total Months in Service: Forty-one.