WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Moreland W. Stotesbery

Entered Service: February 20, 1945.

Branch of Service: Navy.

Trained at U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois; U.S. Naval T.A.D.C.E.N., Shoemaker, California; U.S.S. Monitor, LSV-5.

Overseas: July 6, 1945.

Theatre of Operation: Pacific.

Engagements:  Occupation of Japan. 

Returned to U.S.:  February 19, 1946.

Discharged: August 7, 1946, at Orange, Texas.

Rank: Seaman 1/c.

Total Months in Service: Eighteen.