WWII Veteran * Big Stone County

Wesley M. Swihart

Entered Service: December 22, 1944

Branch of Service: Navy

Trained at U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, December 24, 1944; N.O.B. Navy #926, Guam.

Overseas: April 14, 1945.

Theatre of Operation: Pacific Theatre. 

Medals Earned: American Area Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, World War II Victory Ribbon.

Returned to U.S.:  May 26, 1946.

Discharged: July 10, 1946, U.S. Navy Personnel Separation Center, Unit #3, Great Lakes, Illinois. 

Rank: Seaman 1/c.

Total Months in Service: Nineteen.

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