WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Arlan S. Nelson

Entered Service: October 10, 1944.

Branch of Service: Navy.

Trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station and Signal School; Amphibious Training Base, Ocean Side, California; Waipio Amphibious School, Pearl Harbor; Ford Island Signal Tower, Pearl Harbor.

Overseas: July 17, 1945.

Theatre of Operation: Pearl Harbor.

Returned to U.S.:  March 21, 1946.

Discharged: March 28, 1946, Wold Chamberlin Airport, Minnesota.

Rank: Seaman 1/c SM.

Total Months in Service: Eighteen.